http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364059.htm
Seems a fair argument.
Longy said:
Seems a fair argument.
except the laws everywhere are stupid and victimise home gardeners.
you should see the water wasting methods employed by commercial growers – no wind breaks, overhead watering, no mulch, water lying in the trenches and spraying cars as they pass.
pepe said:
Longy said:
Seems a fair argument.
except the laws everywhere are stupid and victimise home gardeners.
you should see the water wasting methods employed by commercial growers – no wind breaks, overhead watering, no mulch, water lying in the trenches and spraying cars as they pass.
Oh No! Do we have a case of the Pot calling the Kettle something?
Not me personally because I’ve got too many rellies and frineds in both places.
pomolo said:
pepe said:
Longy said:
Seems a fair argument.
except the laws everywhere are stupid and victimise home gardeners.
you should see the water wasting methods employed by commercial growers – no wind breaks, overhead watering, no mulch, water lying in the trenches and spraying cars as they pass.
Oh No! Do we have a case of the Pot calling the Kettle something?
Not me personally because I’ve got too many rellies and frineds in both places.
“friends” as well.
pomolo said:
pepe said:
Longy said:
Seems a fair argument.
except the laws everywhere are stupid and victimise home gardeners.
you should see the water wasting methods employed by commercial growers – no wind breaks, overhead watering, no mulch, water lying in the trenches and spraying cars as they pass.
Oh No! Do we have a case of the Pot calling the Kettle something?
Not me personally because I’ve got too many rellies and frineds in both places.
not sure of your meaning.
home gardeners generally have changed over to drippers or soakers that lose no water to evaporation but the commercial growers seem to have escaped any regulation. in fact the mining industry, public service and industry generally have not announced their water saving schemes and their usage rates are not public.
i favour a quota system so that everyone has to be equally thrifty.
in fact the mining industry
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I understand that the mining industry hereabouts has been exemplary with their tailings…although they really had no choice with the prolonged drought we just had…
bluegreen said:
Call to help autistic students
Gees. if they did a story on all the kids with autism that arn’t going to school in all the Oz states there would be an outcry.
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Call to help autistic students
Gees. if they did a story on all the kids with autism that arn’t going to school in all the Oz states there would be an outcry.
maybe someone should suggest it….?
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Call to help autistic students
Gees. if they did a story on all the kids with autism that arn’t going to school in all the Oz states there would be an outcry.
maybe someone should suggest it….?
Many have tried, but no one wants to own the problem. One just gets passed from dept to dept.
My own boy has not had one full successful year in school from kinda. By Gr3, school was dropped as a lost cause. The Ed Dept even threatened me with prosecution because I refused to send him to school ( because he hurt people), I said please do ! Didn’t hear a thing after that.
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Call to help autistic students
Gees. if they did a story on all the kids with autism that arn’t going to school in all the Oz states there would be an outcry.
maybe someone should suggest it….?
Many have tried, but no one wants to own the problem. One just gets passed from dept to dept.
My own boy has not had one full successful year in school from kinda. By Gr3, school was dropped as a lost cause. The Ed Dept even threatened me with prosecution because I refused to send him to school ( because he hurt people), I said please do ! Didn’t hear a thing after that.
Crikey!
Happy Potter said:
…The Ed Dept even threatened me with prosecution because I refused to send him to school ( because he hurt people), I said please do ! Didn’t hear a thing after that.
sounds like they just put their head in the sand after that…
Here’s a cracker. I worked at an oil facility for a while last year in far western Qld. They produce many thousands of litres of water each day. They had been treating it and allowing it to flow down a natural watercourse, with the blessing of the EPA etc. All good stuff. It is a tad salty at first but good for cattle and could easily be useful for irrigation with a bit more work. It actually goes through a series of reed ponds and is really good water when it hits the creek..
Well the landowners want money for allowing the water to flow through their land.
Oil company said no, you can have free water but we’re not going to pay you to have it.
So what do you reckon happened?
I’ll buy a beer for anyone who guesses.
Longy said:
Here’s a cracker. I worked at an oil facility for a while last year in far western Qld. They produce many thousands of litres of water each day. They had been treating it and allowing it to flow down a natural watercourse, with the blessing of the EPA etc. All good stuff. It is a tad salty at first but good for cattle and could easily be useful for irrigation with a bit more work. It actually goes through a series of reed ponds and is really good water when it hits the creek..
Well the landowners want money for allowing the water to flow through their land.
Oil company said no, you can have free water but we’re not going to pay you to have it.
So what do you reckon happened?I’ll buy a beer for anyone who guesses.
The flow of water was stopped ?
The flow of water was stopped ?
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More specifics please.They have to get rid of the water no matter what. The volumes are huge.
they boiled it?
Longy said:
Here’s a cracker. I worked at an oil facility for a while last year in far western Qld. They produce many thousands of litres of water each day. They had been treating it and allowing it to flow down a natural watercourse, with the blessing of the EPA etc. All good stuff. It is a tad salty at first but good for cattle and could easily be useful for irrigation with a bit more work. It actually goes through a series of reed ponds and is really good water when it hits the creek..
Well the landowners want money for allowing the water to flow through their land.
Oil company said no, you can have free water but we’re not going to pay you to have it.
So what do you reckon happened?I’ll buy a beer for anyone who guesses.
Following on from HP’s guess.. did they just stick it into the ocean instead?? :(
pain master said:
they boiled it?
Not bad but incorrect.
Longy said:
The flow of water was stopped ?++++++++++++++++++++++++
More specifics please.They have to get rid of the water no matter what. The volumes are huge.
Dumped it ? let it run to the ocean…
did they just stick it into the ocean instead?? :(
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Crikey. That’s 1250 km away.
Dumped it ? let it run to the ocean
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Hmm. That would actually be a very costly exercise.
Longy said:
Here’s a cracker. I worked at an oil facility for a while last year in far western Qld. They produce many thousands of litres of water each day. They had been treating it and allowing it to flow down a natural watercourse, with the blessing of the EPA etc. All good stuff. It is a tad salty at first but good for cattle and could easily be useful for irrigation with a bit more work. It actually goes through a series of reed ponds and is really good water when it hits the creek..
Well the landowners want money for allowing the water to flow through their land.
Oil company said no, you can have free water but we’re not going to pay you to have it.
So what do you reckon happened?I’ll buy a beer for anyone who guesses.
beer – who said beer ?
The landowners won their court battle.
(coopers or your home brew please).
did they drill a big hole and pump it back into the earth?
beer – who said beer ?
The landowners won their court battle.
(coopers or your home brew please).
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No. But if they did the oil company would just turn the water off and find an alternate method of disposal.
did they drill a big hole and pump it back into the earth?
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No but that is in fact what they do in a lot of places. It keeps the pressure on the reservoir and disposes the water.
The place i worked at in Yemen produced 125000 barrels a day of oil and that was 15% of the total fluids recovered. That’s a lot of water.
Oh the suspense!!!
Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
bon008 said:
Oh the suspense!!!Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
Heehee. I like a woman is suspenders…
My beers lookin safe.
What’s the biggest waste of water we have as gardeners?
did they re-direct it to a Vending machine and then started charging people a few kina to buy a litre or two?
bon008 said:
Oh the suspense!!!Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
They…containerised it and sent it to….somwhere …
did they re-direct it to a Vending machine and then started charging people a few kina to buy a litre or two?
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Yeah sell it as bottled mineral water. That’d be right.
They…containerised it and sent it to….somwhere
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Keep it simple.
Time i went and had a shower.
BBL.
they grew a turf farm?
Longy said:
bon008 said:
Oh the suspense!!!Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
Heehee. I like a woman is suspenders…
My beers lookin safe.
What’s the biggest waste of water we have as gardeners?
Let it run down gutters ? Filled a swimmng pool?
Longy said:
bon008 said:
Oh the suspense!!!Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
Heehee. I like a woman is suspenders…
My beers lookin safe.
What’s the biggest waste of water we have as gardeners?
they didn’t evaporate it did they ?
pepe said:
Longy said:
bon008 said:
Oh the suspense!!!Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
Heehee. I like a woman is suspenders…
My beers lookin safe.
What’s the biggest waste of water we have as gardeners?they didn’t evaporate it did they ?
Oh good lord. Think you might be on to it there!
o.O
bon008 said:
pepe said:
Longy said:
bon008 said:
Oh the suspense!!!Did they add some kind of clay, turn it into a solid and stick it in landfill?
Heehee. I like a woman is suspenders…
My beers lookin safe.
What’s the biggest waste of water we have as gardeners?they didn’t evaporate it did they ?
Oh good lord. Think you might be on to it there!
o.O
if i’m right i promise the beer will not evaporate.
pain master said:
they grew a turf farm?
They certainly could and you’re on the right track. Ifeel a cold one slipping from my grasp.
Let it run down gutters ? Filled a swimmng pool?
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LOL. ROFLMAO. This is FWQ. No gutters but the ponds take up about 10 acres.
they didn’t evaporate it did they ?
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Goodness me. I think i owe Pepe a cold one.
Oh good lord. Think you might be on to it there!
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Indeed.
if i’m right i promise the beer will not evaporate
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Then so it shall be Pepe.
Non evaporative beer coming up.
Longy said:
they didn’t evaporate it did they ?+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Goodness me. I think i owe Pepe a cold one.
so they sprayed it into the air – unbelievable !
OK. In order to not have to pay the landowners royalties for supplying huge amounts of free clear clean water to them in an arid zone, the company spent a bit of money on a sprinkler system 50 feet up in the air and covering about 10 acres over the top of the ponds.. Turn on the pump and the water disappears..
so they sprayed it into the air – unbelievable !
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What is most unbelievable? That they did it or that the property owners wanted money to take it away?
Longy said:
OK. In order to not have to pay the landowners royalties for supplying huge amounts of free clear clean water to them in an arid zone, the company spent a bit of money on a sprinkler system 50 feet up in the air and covering about 10 acres over the top of the ponds.. Turn on the pump and the water disappears..
In-FREAKING-sane.
The mind boggles!
Longy said:
so they sprayed it into the air – unbelievable !+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What is most unbelievable? That they did it or that the property owners wanted money to take it away?
Definitely the property owners. Just greedy or what???? Usually you would have to pay to have access to water!!
In-FREAKING-sane.
The mind boggles!
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Yes. There was early talk of someone starting an irrigation project out there but it all got too hard.
Longy said:
so they sprayed it into the air – unbelievable !+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What is most unbelievable? That they did it or that the property owners wanted money to take it away?
the property owners were greedy.
hang on to the home brew for me – i’ll be out your way some day.
Just greedy or what?
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Yes that was the view of the oil company too. I think it cost about 50,000 for the sprinkler system and earthmoving to enlarge the ponds. Owwners wanted a similar amount each, annually.
the property owners were greedy.
hang on to the home brew for me – i’ll be out your way some day.
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The way i get around, i might be able to hand deliver it Pepe. (Though homies do’t travel too well.)
My old cat had elevated thyroid levels at her last checkup, three weeks ago. I took her back today so they could repeat the test to make sure because she had none of the other symptoms.
The results will be back tomorrow but it looks like she does have it.
It’s very treatable but we’ll be looking at about $1000 for radioactive iodine treatment. After she has it she must stay at the hospital in isolation for a week. We can take her home after that but there’s all sorts of precautions we’d still need to take so a lot of people opt to let the vet board their cat for the extra week.
bubba louie said:
My old cat had elevated thyroid levels at her last checkup, three weeks ago. I took her back today so they could repeat the test to make sure because she had none of the other symptoms.
The results will be back tomorrow but it looks like she does have it.
It’s very treatable but we’ll be looking at about $1000 for radioactive iodine treatment. After she has it she must stay at the hospital in isolation for a week. We can take her home after that but there’s all sorts of precautions we’d still need to take so a lot of people opt to let the vet board their cat for the extra week.
Woops
Longy said:
the property owners were greedy.
hang on to the home brew for me – i’ll be out your way some day.+++++++++++++++
The way i get around, i might be able to hand deliver it Pepe. (Though homies do’t travel too well.)
if you are in our northern gas fields and can spare the time to get to gawler you would be most welcome. ya could even help me revive my home brewing outfit which has lay idle for 8 years or so.
if you are in our northern gas fields and can spare the time to get to gawler you would be most welcome. ya could even help me revive my home brewing outfit which has lay idle for 8 years or so.
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yeah i do a bit up there occassionally.
I’ll keep it in mind next time i drive through.
Longy said:
OK. In order to not have to pay the landowners royalties for supplying huge amounts of free clear clean water to them in an arid zone, the company spent a bit of money on a sprinkler system 50 feet up in the air and covering about 10 acres over the top of the ponds.. Turn on the pump and the water disappears..
Sounds like PNG, not FWQ…. ffs.
just worked out “ffs”…
I have just re-read this thread, I do love to see where the mining company called the arrogant cockies’ bluff…just wish it was the 10 acres in my backyard that was being treated so well with water….I’d be there helping them…talk about living in the “never never” land…with apologies to Mrs Aenus Gunn and “We of the Never Never”….
whoops, that’s Mrs Aeneas Gunn…I didn’t realize until now just how many “a“s and “e“s there were in that word…Where’s Miss Mod when you need her to remove a post???
really?
Opposition not expecting quick Traveston decision
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Thanks for putting that up BG. Something I missed. They ( QWI) Q’ld Water Unfrastructure used to be always sending all the affected property owners, updates on progress but they have lost enthusiasm it seems.
Hi Pomolo
I didn’t realize the Traveston dam was in your territory…are you in the Mary Valley? There’s some beautiful farmland will go under if that gets up…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374753.htm
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Just for interest…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/25/2374526.htm
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even more interesting…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374780.htm?section=justin
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Hope this one works. I’m fascinated by geology and archaeology…the numbers they’re throwing around are incredible…4.2 billion years
sorry Dinetta I was climbing. Yes wea are in the Mary Valley. Sinful that the good farming land will go under if the dam goes ahead.
pomolo said:
sorry Dinetta I was climbing. Yes wea are in the Mary Valley. Sinful that the good farming land will go under if the dam goes ahead.
(really gone now,Have a good day)
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374753.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Just for interest…
good move!
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/25/2374526.htm
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++even more interesting…
Interesting but Yuck!
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374753.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Just for interest…
And rightly so.
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374753.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Just for interest…
good move!
You mean they have just realised this? The public has been telling them stuff like this for years. Maybe they’re just slow learners.
Like “Where is a good place to site a new dam?” Ask someone with the knowledge to make the decission.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/27/2375858.htm?section=justin
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Some people are in for a shock if they actually have to leave their house and socialise, arent’ they?? Altho if you are a shift worker, it is convenient…
Memo to self…check out the movies this week, invite MrD on a date…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/02/2380167.htm
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Sometimes real life beats a movie plot…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/07/2384378.htm
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For Pomolo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/08/2384818.htm
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Do you know just how many zeroes there are in a trillion?
1,000 = 3 zeroes
1,000,000 = 6 zeroes
1,000,000,000 = 9 zeroes = 1 trillion
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, and I have a lot of trouble getting my unworldly little mind to comphrehend (F7) so much money actually exists…
we might end up bartering yet…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/08/2384818.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Do you know just how many zeroes there are in a trillion?
1,000 = 3 zeroes
1,000,000 = 6 zeroes
1,000,000,000 = 9 zeroes = 1 trillionSomebody correct me if I’m wrong, and I have a lot of trouble getting my unworldly little mind to comphrehend (F7) so much money actually exists…
we might end up bartering yet…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/08/2384818.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Do you know just how many zeroes there are in a trillion?
1,000 = 3 zeroes
1,000,000 = 6 zeroes
1,000,000,000 = 9 zeroes = 1 trillionSomebody correct me if I’m wrong, and I have a lot of trouble getting my unworldly little mind to comphrehend (F7) so much money actually exists…
we might end up bartering yet…
what I find interesting is that in a marketing exercise at a conference a few years ago, our speaker had us make up a scenerio of where our organisation would be in 10 years time (from then). As part of the scenerio we had to imagine that the US would be bankrupt as in his opinion that was a real possibility. Could we be seeing the beginning of the end of the US as a finacial leader in the world economy?
Elf is reading a report about a world ressesion coming. Oh I so love my vegies out the back… scary part is… I have no control over it and can’t protect my family.
3 eggs every day now today is the 4th day in arrow, me and dad are very happy.
veg gardener said:
3 eggs every day now today is the 4th day in arrow, me and dad are very happy.
16 eggs so far for this month.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/09/2385975.htm
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This is a nice one…not gardening related tho’…
bluegreen said:
Farmers’ markets drawing the crowds
Jeez i wish we had something like this up our way
Rook
Rook said:
bluegreen said:
Farmers’ markets drawing the crowds
Jeez i wish we had something like this up our way
Rook
seems to be a growing market – pardon the pun :)
Finally found the link for this thread.
Okay…. know all those emails of amazing photos you get spammed with from mates….usually heaps of mates send them too:)
Well if you click on this link http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/ and go to the top on the right where it is flashing piles of news reports… click on the one saying “Latest” “Take the test. Real of fake Photos”…..
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
Lucky1 said:
Finally found the link for this thread.Okay…. know all those emails of amazing photos you get spammed with from mates….usually heaps of mates send them too:)
Well if you click on this link http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/ and go to the top on the right where it is flashing piles of news reports… click on the one saying “Latest” “Take the test. Real of fake Photos”…..
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
I only got 3 wrong – because I am cynical rather than gullible.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Finally found the link for this thread.Okay…. know all those emails of amazing photos you get spammed with from mates….usually heaps of mates send them too:)
Well if you click on this link http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/ and go to the top on the right where it is flashing piles of news reports… click on the one saying “Latest” “Take the test. Real of fake Photos”…..
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
I only got 3 wrong – because I am cynical rather than gullible.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Finally found the link for this thread.Okay…. know all those emails of amazing photos you get spammed with from mates….usually heaps of mates send them too:)
Well if you click on this link http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/ and go to the top on the right where it is flashing piles of news reports… click on the one saying “Latest” “Take the test. Real of fake Photos”…..
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
I only got 3 wrong – because I am cynical rather than gullible.
I knew most of them as I go and check the emails with these photos, on Snoop
snopes?
yeah, I knew quite a lot of them but there were some I hadn’t seen before.
I picked most of the fake ones; but got caught by a lot of real ones. I guess I really am a cynic.
check this out!!!!
www.cairns.com.au
4 pics of a spider in this bird…..OMG
Horrid. But clever photography. Makes the bird look about the size of a magpie, when in fact its a chestnut finch, about the size of a man’s thumb. Still horrible; and I’d rather not meet the spider in my yard! I have too much trouble enticing small birds in as it is!
SueBk said:
Horrid. But clever photography. Makes the bird look about the size of a magpie, when in fact its a chestnut finch, about the size of a man’s thumb. Still horrible; and I’d rather not meet the spider in my yard! I have too much trouble enticing small birds in as it is!
Really……. just told elf about the size of the bird…… sneaky buggers, I thought we had a HUGE spider running round the place……
I had a pile of cats and a few chooks I could have thrown at it… as well as a turtle.
My animals think they need to be fed before me……LOL
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2404968.htm?section=justin
If that doesn’t work, try this
http://www.abc.net.au/news
and click on the “Just in” tab…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2404968.htm?section=justinIf that doesn’t work, try this
http://www.abc.net.au/newsand click on the “Just in” tab…
The title of the article is:
Brisbane Council urges residents to grow their own food
Dinetta said:
The title of the article is:
Brisbane Council urges residents to grow their own food
so are they going to give you extra water allowance to do it?
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
The title of the article is:
Brisbane Council urges residents to grow their own food
so are they going to give you extra water allowance to do it?
Yes I was wondering about this…….
Here is the direct URL
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2404968.htm
copy’n‘paste if clicking on the link won’t work…
here is the article for those in a hurry…
“The Brisbane City Council is urging residents to grow their own food as part of its community gardens initiative.
It hopes to set up a network of small farms across community facilities, parks and schools.
Environment Committee chairman Peter Matic says it will help the city reduce carbon emissions.
“It’s about buying food locally and taking up those opportunities to plant basics in these community gardens so our food doesn’t have to travel as far, therefore we reduce our carbon emissions,” he said.”
I guess, for the time being, this would come under the “parks and gardens” water allocation…
I also heard on news that Sth Queensland will be drinking recycled sewage next year too—-I will buy water when I visit there
I’ve got Brisbane City Council tomatoes in my garden. Haven’t a clue what sort they are (suspect maybe cherry toms) and I can’t remember which patch of tomatoes are them either. They came along to one of our “all company team briefs”. Handed out tom seeds and green frogs (to eat :).
Hope this works
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24574238-5006301,00.html
Poor flamingo:(
Gggrrrr
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
The story of the flamingo.:(
Lucky1 said:
Gggrrrrhttp://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
The story of the flamingo.:(
makes you wonder doesn’t it :(
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Gggrrrrhttp://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
The story of the flamingo.:(
makes you wonder doesn’t it :(
Oh yes……. these birds have a lovely open area and are just so beautiful.
Dinetta said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/29/2404968.htm?section=justinIf that doesn’t work, try this
http://www.abc.net.au/newsand click on the “Just in” tab…
The title of the article is:
Brisbane Council urges residents to grow their own food
Awesome :)
I would like my council a lot more if they hadn’t just charged me $200 to get my greywater system approved…
Lucky1 said:
Gggrrrrhttp://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/
The story of the flamingo.:(
eep.. reading the headline is enough for me, I hate reading stories like that :(
This was in the Advertiser and on the news tonight……
MORE flexible arrangements will be put in place for watering gardens from Monday but households will still be able to water for only three hours a week.
Under the new arrangements, householders will be able to water their gardens either on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays depending on whether they are even or odd numbers – but cannot exceed a total of three hours for the two days.
The Government moved for the changes after a Cabinet meeting this morning where it considered calls from the community and gardening experts for more flexibile watering arrangements.
Even number houses will be able to water on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 6am and 9am or 6pm and 9pm while odd number houses will be able to water on Wednesdays and Sundays between the same hours.
Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald said the new arrangements would not affect the use of watering cans and buckets which could be used at any time on any day of the week.
“We are not relaxing or easing water restrictions, we are building more flexibility into the system for householders,’‘ she said.
Cool southerliews here w/ showers.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60801/IDW60801.95621.shtml
http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR122.loop.shtml?looping=1&reloaded=0&topography=true&locations=true&range=true
Even number houses will be able to water on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 6am and 9am or 6pm and 9pm while odd number houses will be able to water on Wednesdays and Sundays between the same hours.
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thanks – very handy thing to know.
pepe said:
Even number houses will be able to water on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 6am and 9am or 6pm and 9pm while odd number houses will be able to water on Wednesdays and Sundays between the same hours.
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thanks – very handy thing to know.
Its a good plan. Elf & I had been saying this for a while and very please to think someone else has thought of it.
Cool southerliews here w/ showers.
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cooling here in olde adelaide town too – open those windows.
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Even number houses will be able to water on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 6am and 9am or 6pm and 9pm while odd number houses will be able to water on Wednesdays and Sundays between the same hours.
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thanks – very handy thing to know.
Its a good plan. Elf & I had been saying this for a while and very please to think someone else has thought of it.
similar to what we have in Melbourne
http://www.abc.net.au/news/
Or, more particularly,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424545.htm
In the long term, I can see Energex pressuring the Brisbane City Council for a less “treed” look …however I believe, after last year’s storm, that although tree branches bring down powerlines in a storm, the presence of trees can create a windbreak…it would be interesting to see a “model” of the damage if there were no trees at all…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/Or, more particularly,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424545.htm
In the long term, I can see Energex pressuring the Brisbane City Council for a less “treed” look …however I believe, after last year’s storm, that although tree branches bring down powerlines in a storm, the presence of trees can create a windbreak…it would be interesting to see a “model” of the damage if there were no trees at all…
“Weather bureau senior forecaster Geoff Doueal says some of the heaviest falls have occurred over Brisbane’s three major dams.”
at least some good has come out of it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2425674.htm
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Just across from us…it’s my personal theory that it’s all the electricity from all the big substations they have there, not to mention the proximity of Blackdown Tableland…that attracts these wild storms…they get them far more often than we do, poor things…we just got a nice downpour, about 20 points I would say, then a bit more at sunset…fog this morning…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/25/2429610.htm
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For Brisbane-ites
You read it here first…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/26/2430796.htm
Way to go Pete….. congrats…
Great – he really deserves it. Hope he gets the Australian of the Year award too bless him!
orchid40 said:
Great – he really deserves it. Hope he gets the Australian of the Year award too bless him!
my sentiments exactly :)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434258.htm
For our Victorian friends
http://bigpond.com/news/national/content/20081203/2436110.asp
Some of you may even remember that bridge????
Offbeat all right!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/05/2438573.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/04/2437795.htm
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I don’t know why they import them in the first place…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/07/2439799.htm
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What Pomolo was talking about earlier this morning…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/24/2454216.htm
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Good storm photo here…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/02/2457908.htm
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Hope it copies OK, if not, just go to ABC News online and it is in the JustIn section…
For BlueGreen…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
He’s got a hard act to follow
I’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
He’s got a hard act to followI’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
Found it! CTRL + =
(CTRL plus =)
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
He’s got a hard act to followI’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
We like sci-fi and we too used to like Blake’s Seven. Have been Dr Who and trekkies for a long time too. Used to watch the original Battlestar Gallactica, but didn’t get to watch much of the new version
Dinetta said:
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
He’s got a hard act to followI’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
Found it! CTRL + =
(CTRL plus =)
Now I’ve got something so enlarged, that only one time link comes up in the LHS frame, and I have to scroll down to read a post…sob
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
He’s got a hard act to followI’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
Oh cool!!! We loved this guy in another show… Billie Piper was in it too, forget what it was called though.
How exciting :)
I’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
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hey me too
best sci-fi ever – Blake’s Seven is right – there was only one blake and he was the captain. what a pity the writers never allowed videos to be made – i could watch it all again.
bon008 said:
Dinetta said:
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
He’s got a hard act to followI’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
Oh cool!!! We loved this guy in another show… Billie Piper was in it too, forget what it was called though.
How exciting :)
Now, I have hit the wrong key combination and the screen font is very small…the RHS frame fills nearly the whole screen…what have I done???
Found it! CTRL + = (CTRL plus =)Now I’ve got something so enlarged, that only one time link comes up in the LHS frame, and I have to scroll down to read a post…sob
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Here we go:
Zoom in: CTRL + +
Zoom Out: CTRL + -
Wonderful!
pepe said:
I’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
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hey me too
best sci-fi ever – Blake’s Seven is right – there was only one blake and he was the captain. what a pity the writers never allowed videos to be made – i could watch it all again.
We were bereft when we found the series finished so abruptly…we even made some pizzas and went to watch it at the home of some Sozzies who’d just moved on to our turf…unusual for us…I wonder if they have DVDs of the series? off to Google
Dinetta said:
pepe said:
I’ve never cottoned on the the sci-fi TV shows myself, although I did like Blakes’ Seven (I think I’ve got the right)…now that had some oomph! Some people even named their children after the characters…eg Avan…
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hey me too
best sci-fi ever – Blake’s Seven is right – there was only one blake and he was the captain. what a pity the writers never allowed videos to be made – i could watch it all again.
We were bereft when we found the series finished so abruptly…we even made some pizzas and went to watch it at the home of some Sozzies who’d just moved on to our turf…unusual for us…I wonder if they have DVDs of the series? off to Google
My goodness, $100 for the first series in DVD…read it here…
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=727212
AnneS said:
Ruby in the Smoke was the show you are thinking of
Yes – The Sally Lockhart Mysteries. Just looked it up on IMDB :) Although apparently he was in Secret Diary of a Callgirl, too – must have blinked and missed it.
Elf lurvs Dr. Who..startgate and most Si-Fi’s
My goodness, $100 for the first series in DVD…read it here…
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=727212
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thanks
it says all 13 episodes – and i reckon there was only about 13 episodes – so what are series 2, 3 and 4 about?
Dinetta said:
For BlueGreen…http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/04/2458682.htm
ooh! thanks! I hadn’t heard. More…
AnneS said:
We like sci-fi and we too used to like Blake’s Seven. Have been Dr Who and trekkies for a long time too. Used to watch the original Battlestar Gallactica, but didn’t get to watch much of the new version
Have watched Dr Who since the original actor in B&W. Also and avid Sci Fi watcher of many shows. The new Battlestar Gallactica is worth watching.
bon008 said:
Oh cool!!! We loved this guy in another show… Billie Piper was in it too, forget what it was called though.How exciting :)
“On screen he has featured in BBC adaptations of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North alongside Doctor Who favourite Billie Piper.”
bluegreen said:
Have watched Dr Who since the original actor in B&W. Also and avid Sci Fi watcher of many shows. The new Battlestar Gallactica is worth watching.
Same here…and the repeats lol!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=707926
For the Melburnians…
how cute…
AnneS said:
bluegreen said:
ATO warns against fraudulent email
Unbelievable!
sadly people really do get sucked in by these :(
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
bluegreen said:
ATO warns against fraudulent email
Unbelievable!
sadly people really do get sucked in by these :(
I know. BBL
Americans ‘too depressed’ for sex, porn barons seek US bailout
for some reason, I don’t feel much sympathy for these guys…
bluegreen said:
Americans ‘too depressed’ for sex, prn barons seek US bailoutfor some reason, I don’t feel much sympathy for these guys…
Weird, I thought those kind of industries usually did better in Tough Economic Times. I won’t read the article though, might trip the filter software.. :D
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
Americans ‘too depressed’ for sex, prn barons seek US bailoutfor some reason, I don’t feel much sympathy for these guys…
Weird, I thought those kind of industries usually did better in Tough Economic Times. I won’t read the article though, might trip the filter software.. :D
I would not given them a cent !!!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/10/2462988.htm
Run! Run! (away…)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/10/2463088.htm
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OK all those in Sozzie-land start getting your ice-trays ready now!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/16/2467573.htm
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For the Sozzies and anybody else who likes to marvel at nature…book your flyover now!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/16/2468149.htm
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For the SandGropers…
Update on that fire at King’s Park…is the park really so close to the CBD?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/17/2468206.htm
Wrap your mind around these figures…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/16/2468043.htm
Dinetta said:
Update on that fire at King’s Park…is the park really so close to the CBD?http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/17/2468206.htm
Yep, very close to the CBD. My brother had a lot of trouble getting to work because they had to close a few pretty big roads. And the uni he works at had that bushfire smell all through the buildings…
bon008 said:
Dinetta said:
Update on that fire at King’s Park…is the park really so close to the CBD?http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/17/2468206.htm
Yep, very close to the CBD. My brother had a lot of trouble getting to work because they had to close a few pretty big roads. And the uni he works at had that bushfire smell all through the buildings…
One of the attractionsin the city……so sad….I wonder what will happen to wedding plans??
Muschee said:
One of the attractionsin the city……so sad….I wonder what will happen to wedding plans??
Good point. I’m not sure whether it was just confined to the really “bush” parts, or whether it affected the parkland type areas too?
Really hope the boab is OK..
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
One of the attractionsin the city……so sad….I wonder what will happen to wedding plans??
Good point. I’m not sure whether it was just confined to the really “bush” parts, or whether it affected the parkland type areas too?
Really hope the boab is OK..
Me too, after all that effort.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/27/2502725.htm
Vale “Miss Brahms”…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/03/2533837.htm
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/03/2533837.htm
How many are there?
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/03/2533837.htm
How many are there?
Wonder where they come from, don’t you, if there’s millions…maybe it just looks that way…but where have they been during the dry? Possibly on little dams on properties all around?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/04/09/2540349.htm
but why assault him at all? The “oh but he was crook, it wouldn’t take much to bump him off…we need to consider this…” doesn’t wash with me…assault is assault and this kind of message from the judiciary says, to me, that thuggery has degrees…not right IMHO…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/24/2552225.htm
Reality check…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574248.htm
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the ghost of councils past?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574246.htm
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“Pedal Power at the Chelsea flower show”… vertical vegetable gardens get a mention, too…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574248.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++the ghost of councils past?
OMG!! All that lovely water!
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574246.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++“Pedal Power at the Chelsea flower show”… vertical vegetable gardens get a mention, too…
good lateral thinking :)
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574246.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++“Pedal Power at the Chelsea flower show”… vertical vegetable gardens get a mention, too…
good lateral thinking :)
LOL!
“so to speak”, BlueGreen…
(you were making a pun on the vertical gardens, weren’t you?)
Oh yeh, all that lovely water, harvested drop by drop… the BCC water mains are no respecters of demographics or geography: they burst on a main, semi-arterial road once…I couldn’t believe my eyes…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574246.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++“Pedal Power at the Chelsea flower show”… vertical vegetable gardens get a mention, too…
good lateral thinking :)
LOL!
“so to speak”, BlueGreen…(you were making a pun on the vertical gardens, weren’t you?)
no, I didn’t think of that :D
I was thinking of using an excercise bike to pump your water.
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574246.htm
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++“Pedal Power at the Chelsea flower show”… vertical vegetable gardens get a mention, too…
good lateral thinking :)
LOL!
“so to speak”, BlueGreen…(you were making a pun on the vertical gardens, weren’t you?)
no, I didn’t think of that :D
I was thinking of using an excercise bike to pump your water.
Over there it would be an excellent idea…their weather is so horrible I’m told, rainy all the time (poor sods)… reckon they need something dual-purpose as a form of exercise…
Dinetta said:
Over there it would be an excellent idea…their weather is so horrible I’m told, rainy all the time (poor sods)… reckon they need something dual-purpose as a form of exercise…
Can you imagine riding an excercise bike to water the gardens when it’s 35 deg + ????
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/lake-eyre/default.htm#id=2571603&num=0
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Not really news, but we all love it when Lake Eyre fills up, don’t we?
orchid40 said:
Dinetta said:
Over there it would be an excellent idea…their weather is so horrible I’m told, rainy all the time (poor sods)… reckon they need something dual-purpose as a form of exercise…
Can you imagine riding an excercise bike to water the gardens when it’s 35 deg + ????
Well I’ve been known to ride a bike in that temp, but moving along is more “breezy” than stationary riding…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/20/2575443.htm
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/20/2575443.htm
ouch :(
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/20/2575562.htm
for the Brisbanites…the photo’s not bad either…
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/20/2575443.htm
ouch :(
Ouch indeed BlueGreen…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/
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whoah!!
Actually speaking, we received an email from the REIQ saying that they’d shut down for the day because of flooding in the ground floor…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/22/2578365.htm
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poor buggers…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/22/2578668.htm
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for the animal lovers
:)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/22/2578771.htm
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Recycling…the next Big Business?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/26/2609206.htm
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some good news …typically Australian…my children are so “over” the Michael Jackson tributes, so they say…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/28/2610470.htm
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Even Aunty’s “right into it”…
Painmaster said:
“My police will patrol these roads and they have been instructed to break legs and hands of people caught breaking that order.
Nice one…
and this… PNG Killings
:(
They have such a different way of looking at life…and violence doesn’t solve much…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/30/2612906.htm
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/01/2613102.htm
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and somebody “can’t believe that the temp has actually reached 28C”…although I think the fact that the night-time minimums not going below 18C might be knocking them around more than the daytime temps…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/01/2613102.htm
++++++++++++++++++++and somebody “can’t believe that the temp has actually reached 28C”…although I think the fact that the night-time minimums not going below 18C might be knocking them around more than the daytime temps…
“and if this is a heatwave, pity the poor people of al Aziziyah in Libya on September 13, 1922, when the temperature reached a truly scorching 57.8C.”
Ouch!
bluegreen said:
“and if this is a heatwave, pity the poor people of al Aziziyah in Libya on September 13, 1922, when the temperature reached a truly scorching 57.8C.”
Ouch!
Hardly seems possible, doesn’t it? Enough to drive you to living underground…
Fella i’m working with here lost a BIL last week. He was walking home form the pub alone. Local bloke. Dead. He and his family will find out who did it and do ‘em in.
He’s itching to get out of here so he can start looking.
Longy said:
Fella i’m working with here lost a BIL last week. He was walking home form the pub alone. Local bloke. Dead. He and his family will find out who did it and do ‘em in.
He’s itching to get out of here so he can start looking.
Well whoever did it wants to hope the coppers find him before BIL’s family, by the sound of it….
Probably be one and the same D.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
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If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
++++++++++++++++If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
it may not be true, but I would not be surprised if it is :(
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
++++++++++++++++If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
it may not be true, but I would not be surprised if it is :(
sorry, but this is bugging me…
“It is believed the man was one of the first people at the scene, with reports he loaded produce into his silver utility and left without offering assistance.”
who saw him to report on him? obviously they were there before him!
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
++++++++++++++++If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
it may not be true, but I would not be surprised if it is :(
sorry, but this is bugging me…
“It is believed the man was one of the first people at the scene, with reports he loaded produce into his silver utility and left without offering assistance.”
who saw him to report on him? obviously they were there before him!
The item says “he was one of the first people …etc” and “…he… left without offering assistance”, so obviously he just fronted up and loaded up…whilst those before him were busy offering assistance, dialling 000 and in general, trying to make sense of the accident…If it was me first on the scene, I think I’d be too shocked to take much notice of something like he was doing….
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
++++++++++++++++If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
hope the thief pulls a muscle in his back lifting those pumikins out of his silver ute.
btw, my ute is white.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
++++++++++++++++If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
hope the thief pulls a muscle in his back lifting those pumikins out of his silver ute.
btw, my ute is white.
Aren’t all that many silver utes around, actually…
Lots of white ones…thousands of ‘em…so you’re safe PM…
Dinetta said:
Aren’t all that many silver utes around, actually…Lots of white ones…thousands of ‘em…so you’re safe PM…
That was the plan, and besides, its a work ute so they reckon you get better re-sale on white…
You do, really: those beige/muddy coloured ones they use as speed camera radars must go for a song…mind you they prolly pay for themselves several times over by the time they’re put up for sale…wouldn’t have much mileage either…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/05/2617071.htm
++++++++++++++++If this is true, the individual is a rat…(sorry to all rats of the animal kingdom)
hope the thief pulls a muscle in his back lifting those pumikins out of his silver ute.
btw, my ute is white.
Aren’t all that many silver utes around, actually…
Lots of white ones…thousands of ‘em…so you’re safe PM…
I have a silver ute but it wasn’t me…
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:hope the thief pulls a muscle in his back lifting those pumikins out of his silver ute.
btw, my ute is white.
Aren’t all that many silver utes around, actually…
Lots of white ones…thousands of ‘em…so you’re safe PM…
I have a silver ute but it wasn’t me…
Oh you’ve got an alibi BlueGreen…you were wurk’n in the garden around that time, so you’re safe… (have you really got a silver ute?)
Dinetta said:
Oh you’ve got an alibi BlueGreen…you were wurk’n in the garden around that time, so you’re safe… (have you really got a silver ute?)
besides, I’m the wrong gender
an elephant was born in Australia… I’m a bit cautious, anyone remember rabbits or cane toads?
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:Oh you’ve got an alibi BlueGreen…you were wurk’n in the garden around that time, so you’re safe… (have you really got a silver ute?)
besides, I’m the wrong gender
Not sure your ute qualifies BlueGreen, sorry…that’s more of a Panel Van up here…oh yeah, I forgot about the gender thing…
:D!!
pain master said:
an elephant was born in Australia… I’m a bit cautious, anyone remember rabbits or cane toads?
I’ve got a cane toad that froze overnight in a container of water…serve him right…
PM sorry to be a pedant but there is a big difference in the breeding patterns / capabilities of cane toads and rabbits as compared to Elephants…
Did you read the news article that elephants may become redundant in Malaysia (I think it was)?
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:Oh you’ve got an alibi BlueGreen…you were wurk’n in the garden around that time, so you’re safe… (have you really got a silver ute?)
besides, I’m the wrong gender
Not sure your ute qualifies BlueGreen, sorry…that’s more of a Panel Van up here…oh yeah, I forgot about the gender thing…
:D!!
it’s a ute. tray seperate from cab. just it has a dual cab and a cover over the tray :)
besides, I gotta pay light commercial rates on it :(
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:besides, I’m the wrong gender
Not sure your ute qualifies BlueGreen, sorry…that’s more of a Panel Van up here…oh yeah, I forgot about the gender thing…
:D!!
it’s a ute. tray seperate from cab. just it has a dual cab and a cover over the tray :)
besides, I gotta pay light commercial rates on it :(
It has a Can of Peas on the back…
pain master said:
It has a Can of Peas on the back…
??????
bluegreen said:
pain master said:It has a Can of Peas on the back…
??????
Canopy… Can of Peas?
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:It has a Can of Peas on the back…
??????
Canopy… Can of Peas?
ooohhhhh.
like when our pair of ducks were called Oxy & Moron?
bluegreen said:
ooohhhhh.like when our pair of ducks were called Oxy & Moron?
That’s just not nice bg, no duck likes to be called a moron, no matter how funny it sounds… whatever happened to naming the ducks after your grandmothers?
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
ooohhhhh.like when our pair of ducks were called Oxy & Moron?
That’s just not nice bg, no duck likes to be called a moron, no matter how funny it sounds… whatever happened to naming the ducks after your grandmothers?
it was Mr BG’s idea. Moron was the boy. That was my idea ;)
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
ooohhhhh.like when our pair of ducks were called Oxy & Moron?
That’s just not nice bg, no duck likes to be called a moron, no matter how funny it sounds… whatever happened to naming the ducks after your grandmothers?
it was Mr BG’s idea. Moron was the boy. That was my idea ;)
sure…. blame Mr BG… rrrright…
sad but typical story from PNG…
http://malumnalu.blogspot.com/2009/07/as-things-fall-apart-in-papua-new.html
pain master said:
sad but typical story from PNG…http://malumnalu.blogspot.com/2009/07/as-things-fall-apart-in-papua-new.html
very sad, and so close to us too. Hard to imagine, but I guess you have seen it for yourself.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
sad but typical story from PNG…http://malumnalu.blogspot.com/2009/07/as-things-fall-apart-in-papua-new.html
very sad, and so close to us too. Hard to imagine, but I guess you have seen it for yourself.
it is sad, but it is frustrating talking to journalist who visit PNG and how stories like this are what sells in Australia. No-one wants to know about how the painmaster and GF had an amazing week in the mountains or rivers of PNG…
pain master said:
it is sad, but it is frustrating talking to journalist who visit PNG and how stories like this are what sells in Australia. No-one wants to know about how the painmaster and GF had an amazing week in the mountains or rivers of PNG…
we do!
OK, who wants to join the rescue?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/29/2639561.htm
Dinetta said:
OK, who wants to join the rescue?http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/29/2639561.htm
nope.
a new form of Spudding…
pain master said:
A Long Man with a Long Drilla new form of Spudding…
one of Longy’s sites then? or will be? is he the “independent resource evaluator”?
pain master said:
A Long Man with a Long Drilla new form of Spudding…
2550mt. How many miles is that?
pomolo said:
pain master said:
A Long Man with a Long Drilla new form of Spudding…
2550mt. How many miles is that?
1600 metres = 1 mile
pomolo said:
pain master said:
A Long Man with a Long Drilla new form of Spudding…
2550mt. How many miles is that?
1.53 miles
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/843652/killer-krakatoas-revenge
Not sure if this will come up OK…series of 4 photos of Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa)…
Dinetta said:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/843652/killer-krakatoas-revengeNot sure if this will come up OK…series of 4 photos of Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa)…
I hope it never gets as big as Krakatoa.
Dinetta said:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/843652/killer-krakatoas-revengeNot sure if this will come up OK…series of 4 photos of Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa)…
Cool pics !
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654370.htm
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654370.htm
I piccie would have been good for that story.
Yes, tantalizing without, isn’t it?
Dinetta said:
Yes, tantalizing without, isn’t it?
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22morning+glory+cloud%22&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
I was intrigued :)
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654370.htm
I piccie would have been good for that story.
Chunnel 10 news tonight had shots.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654370.htm
I piccie would have been good for that story.
Chunnel 10 news tonight had shots.
Missed it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654765.htm
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:I piccie would have been good for that story.
Chunnel 10 news tonight had shots.
Missed it.
Drat, so did I… :(
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654765.htm
A choc-a-holic seal.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/16/2657126.htm
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2009/08/15/Skype_may_be_axed_362846.html
Dinetta said:
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2009/08/15/Skype_may_be_axed_362846.html
I’ll be here till tea time if I have to check out anymore links.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2009/08/15/Skype_may_be_axed_362846.html
I’ll be here till tea time if I have to check out anymore links.
That one was for Longy, really…
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2009/08/15/Skype_may_be_axed_362846.html
I’ll be here till tea time if I have to check out anymore links.
That’s how I keep up with the news…on the internet…radio and TV (even with CC) are too difficult to follow…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/31/2671181.htm
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Just logged in: this is around GrassHopper’s area (Port Stephens)…
Hi Dinetta—yes they were about 5 ks from me—however seem to be contained now I hope
Grasshopper said:
Hi Dinetta—yes they were about 5 ks from me—however seem to be contained now I hope
Oh so close Grasshopper…thanks for signing in…
No worries Dinetta—I have not been here for awhile hope all are well—with you and others here
Grasshopper said:
No worries Dinetta—I have not been here for awhile hope all are well—with you and others here
Can’t see the smoke out here grassy. local Fire truck got bogged down the back near us, they wanted to do some Back burning and got the truck stuck in the mud hole, had the council with a Grater and Backhoe.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/15/2685956.htm
Oh this sounds like so much fun….!!!
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/15/2685956.htmOh this sounds like so much fun….!!!
cool!!
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/15/2685956.htmOh this sounds like so much fun….!!!
cool!!
Isn’t that the cloud pictures that someone (maybe BG) put up not long back?
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/15/2685956.htmOh this sounds like so much fun….!!!
cool!!
Isn’t that the cloud pictures that someone (maybe BG) put up not long back?
I don’t know if it was me, but I have seen pictures before. I didn’t know you could “surf” it though!
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:cool!!
Isn’t that the cloud pictures that someone (maybe BG) put up not long back?
I don’t know if it was me, but I have seen pictures before. I didn’t know you could “surf” it though!
Bon008 put them up…yep them’s the ones…
bluegreen said:
Nitrates from food additives, fertilisers linked to Alzheimer’s
I don’t like the sound of that.
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Nitrates from food additives, fertilisers linked to Alzheimer’s
I don’t like the sound of that.
It’s a bit of a worry. Those graphs are alarming.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/22/2693608.htm
So, BlueGreen, Happy Potter, Orchid 40 et al , did you feel the earth move???
Hope no damage has happened?
Dammit Janet, you’ve beaten me to it!
Dinetta said:
Didn’t feel a thing, Dinetta. Didn’t even know about it till an hour ago when my son phoned to see if I was OK.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/22/2693608.htmSo, BlueGreen, Happy Potter, Orchid 40 et al , did you feel the earth move???
Hope no damage has happened?
Dinetta said:
Dammit Janet, you’ve beaten me to it!
Oh, I love a good RHPS reference.. :)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/23/2693643.htm
Good photo here of the Sydney dust storm…(what are they whinging about?)
orchid40 said:
Dinetta said:Didn’t feel a thing, Dinetta. Didn’t even know about it till an hour ago when my son phoned to see if I was OK.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/22/2693608.htmSo, BlueGreen, Happy Potter, Orchid 40 et al , did you feel the earth move???
Hope no damage has happened?
Most of the people on the late news last night, said it was like a train or a semitrailer going down their street…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/23/2693643.htmGood photo here of the Sydney dust storm…(what are they whinging about?)
I agree D. People west of the divide live with this stuff all the time.
I was in northeast SA last week and we had 3 minor storms in 5 days. Big deal. Keeps the flies down a bit.
Lucky, remember you mentioned “motorised bicycles” a couple of weeks ago, and how dangerous they could be?
Read here
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/23/2693648.htm
(yes, I’m going, I’m going…)
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/22/2693608.htmSo, BlueGreen, Happy Potter, Orchid 40 et al , did you feel the earth move???
Hope no damage has happened?
not me, but o40 might have as she lives down that way.
Dinetta said:
Lucky, remember you mentioned “motorised bicycles” a couple of weeks ago, and how dangerous they could be?Read here
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/23/2693648.htm(yes, I’m going, I’m going…)
Thanks Dinetta:)
It will happen here too… someone will get hit by a car. Mrs. Drylander & I saw a kid on a monkey bike riding full speed into traffic on Kings Road near the Parafield Airport. Bloody idiot.
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/22/2693608.htmSo, BlueGreen, Happy Potter, Orchid 40 et al , did you feel the earth move???
Hope no damage has happened?
not me, but o40 might have as she lives down that way.
apparently not…
>a monkey bike
Is that one of those 50cc mini bikes the car parts shops sell?
colliewa said:
>a monkey bikeIs that one of those 50cc mini bikes the car parts shops sell?
Yes, just checked with elf and he said yep.
Lucky1 said:
colliewa said:
>a monkey bikeIs that one of those 50cc mini bikes the car parts shops sell?
Yes, just checked with elf and he said yep.
the problem is not the vehicles, but the riders. They need to take due care and be aware of the capabilities and limitations of their vehicles. Also to wear appropriate protective gear such as the required helmet.
the problem is not the vehicles, but the riders. They need to take due care and be aware of the capabilities and limitations of their vehicles. Also to wear appropriate protective gear such as the required helmet.
======================
And the vehicles being of the correct design to fulfill ADRs, the rider and bike licenced..
Those little minibikes are pretty hard to see if they dart into traffic at speed piloted by idiots who don’t look…
colliewa said:
the problem is not the vehicles, but the riders. They need to take due care and be aware of the capabilities and limitations of their vehicles. Also to wear appropriate protective gear such as the required helmet.======================
And the vehicles being of the correct design to fulfill ADRs, the rider and bike licenced..
Those little minibikes are pretty hard to see if they dart into traffic at speed piloted by idiots who don’t look…
those minibikes should not be on the road (or ridden across the road,) it is illegal. they are for private property only. Not the bike’s fault – but the rider’s.
We have got dust here too…in my nose, in my teeth, in my eyes…visibility less than 400 metres (can’t see the front gate)…but we don’t have newsrooms laid on here…I was thinking about planting out my tomatoes, but might settle for bigger pots for the time being as I won’t be here this weekend…could be a more dusty races than usual but that’s all part of the fun…
Dinetta said:
We have got dust here too…in my nose, in my teeth, in my eyes…visibility less than 400 metres (can’t see the front gate)…but we don’t have newsrooms laid on here…I was thinking about planting out my tomatoes, but might settle for bigger pots for the time being as I won’t be here this weekend…could be a more dusty races than usual but that’s all part of the fun…
Windy as here and the elf is stuck inside.
The dust has reached Bris, it’s amazing how fast it happened.I’ve got everything shut up and you can still smell it. the floor is gritty and I had washing in the machine that I can’t peg out now.
bubba louie said:
The dust has reached Bris, it’s amazing how fast it happened.I’ve got everything shut up and you can still smell it. the floor is gritty and I had washing in the machine that I can’t peg out now.
I’m pegging mine out regardless…will dry quickly in this breeze and altho’ the dust is thickening it’s not going to cause the clothes to be washed again after drying…
bubba louie said:
The dust has reached Bris, it’s amazing how fast it happened.I’ve got everything shut up and you can still smell it. the floor is gritty and I had washing in the machine that I can’t peg out now.
We rang Pa…… he said he can’t see across the street. Saw some of the footage on the morning news…. amazing stuff.
Lucky1 said:
We rang Pa…… he said he can’t see across the street. Saw some of the footage on the morning news…. amazing stuff.
That is thick!
and, because of CFC’s being banned , the antartic ozone layer hole is mending itself :D
bluegreen said:
Sunspot drought to test global warming theory
I agree with Dr Baker that the sun’s influence on our weather is underrated…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Sunspot drought to test global warming theory
I agree with Dr Baker that the sun’s influence on our weather is underrated…
I do too but it is not a popular theory atm. But I guess we will find out…
Dinetta said:
We have got dust here too…in my nose, in my teeth, in my eyes…visibility less than 400 metres (can’t see the front gate)…but we don’t have newsrooms laid on here…I was thinking about planting out my tomatoes, but might settle for bigger pots for the time being as I won’t be here this weekend…could be a more dusty races than usual but that’s all part of the fun…
We had bad dust cover here as well. Locals first said it was smoke from all the bush fires but once it went yellow, dust was the word. Seems to be gone this morning though. I heard it said that there is a possibility that the dust may reach as far as New Zealand before it settles.
Thought VG might like this one if he pops in sometime:
Paris rooftops abuzz with beekeeping
Apparently bees are doing really well in the middle of Paris, while the rural bees in France are having the same problems as the rest of the world. They suspect it might be because pesticides aren’t used in the parks in Paris.
bon008 said:
Thought VG might like this one if he pops in sometime:Paris rooftops abuzz with beekeeping
Apparently bees are doing really well in the middle of Paris, while the rural bees in France are having the same problems as the rest of the world. They suspect it might be because pesticides aren’t used in the parks in Paris.
Good one!
Poor little kitty:(
She seems to be such a lovely cat too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4R9wjjoeNI
Hope they catch the person or people who did this.
Not yuck to watch
orchid40 said:
Dinetta said:Didn’t feel a thing, Dinetta. Didn’t even know about it till an hour ago when my son phoned to see if I was OK.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/22/2693608.htmSo, BlueGreen, Happy Potter, Orchid 40 et al , did you feel the earth move???
Hope no damage has happened?
I didnt know till the day after till a mate at work said you hear about the earth qauke and i was like Nope, we had a bad dust storm the day after.
Story about the young street kids who move vegetables and goods in and out of the markets in Hagen to earn a crust…
pain master said:
Post CourierStory about the young street kids who move vegetables and goods in and out of the markets in Hagen to earn a crust…
rough life
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
Post CourierStory about the young street kids who move vegetables and goods in and out of the markets in Hagen to earn a crust…
rough life
a concern is that the majority of the population is under the age of 10. The average age in PNG is 18. It bodes for a tough future…
Another bee item for those following the colony collapses:
bon008 said:
Another bee item for those following the colony collapses:
I’m getting the impression that city hives are thriving where country hives are collapsing, because you don’t get widespread applications of pesticides in the urban centres. Might be the future for beekeeping for all we know, but it does mean trouble for pollination of food crops if bees cannot survive in rural areas. Another reason to seek organic methods of pest control.
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
Another bee item for those following the colony collapses:I’m getting the impression that city hives are thriving where country hives are collapsing, because you don’t get widespread applications of pesticides in the urban centres. Might be the future for beekeeping for all we know, but it does mean trouble for pollination of food crops if bees cannot survive in rural areas. Another reason to seek organic methods of pest control.
Yeh, that’s the conclusion I’ve read in a few places. Mind you, the places I’ve read it in are the places that are already biased that way. I wonder if non-farmed (native) bees are having the same problems? I haven’t seen anything in the news about that.
bon008 said:
I wonder if non-farmed (native) bees are having the same problems? I haven’t seen anything in the news about that.
that’s probably because it isn’t hitting anyone’s profits!
g’day
didn’t yer luv the chinese 60th birthday party. 180,000 soldiers practicing silly walks for months.
pepe said:
g’daydidn’t yer luv the chinese 60th birthday party. 180,000 soldiers practicing silly walks for months.
No one was invited either.
This is breaking news for Adelaide…… who could be so cruel to do this to chooks. No yucky photos. Just what happened.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26203552-5006301,00.html
Lucky1 said:
This is breaking news for Adelaide…… who could be so cruel to do this to chooks. No yucky photos. Just what happened.http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26203552-5006301,00.html
Geez why doesn’t that work:(
Here is what was written
*POLICE are investigating the unlawful slaughter of approximately 30 hens and the theft of 15 goose eggs at Angle Vale.
An unknown number of offenders got into the fowl house at an Angle Vale Road property sometime between 4pm on Sunday and 7.45am yesterday, killed the hens and stole the goose eggs.
The stolen eggs are nearly ready to hatch and police are concerned for the welfare of any hatchling geese.
Anyone with any information about the crime should contact BankSA Crime Stoppers online at www.sa.crimestoppers.com.au or by calling 1800 333 000.* >
some rotten kids I expect :(
Aw that’s sad. Yes you’re right BG, probably rotten kids.
orchid40 said:
Aw that’s sad. Yes you’re right BG, probably rotten kids.
Too much time and not enough conscience…hard on the chookie farmer tho’…
Bones found at Kokoda Crash Site
Interesting… and yes, they are seeking compensation. The ABC were a bit vague with their report, but here in the National, the news is fairer.
and from the ABC…
Does this mean that Lake Torrens has water in it again?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/14/2713429.htm
Dinetta said:
Does this mean that Lake Torrens has water in it again?http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/14/2713429.htm
Yes its had water in it again for months…. 1 god rain and it started to fill:D
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Does this mean that Lake Torrens has water in it again?http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/14/2713429.htm
Yes its had water in it again for months…. 1 good rain and it started to fill:D
Pleased to hear that…I remember being worried about the ducks…
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Does this mean that Lake Torrens has water in it again?http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/14/2713429.htm
Yes its had water in it again for months…. 1 good rain and it started to fill:D
Pleased to hear that…I remember being worried about the ducks…
All’s good on the river near the city centre.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/16/2715667.htm
He’s telling it how it is…good on him…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/10/17/2716941.htm
This fire’s been a long time coming…the winter has been so dry…I did see on a TV show where the traditional owners of a place in the north of WA have found it’s more effective and less destructive, to do the cool burns in May, after the Wet…
They usually do cool burns in all the Qld national parks, but maybe…just tossing the idea around here…they need to do the cool burns earlier in the year…not wait until the heat becomes a factor as well???
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/10/17/2716941.htmThis fire’s been a long time coming…the winter has been so dry…I did see on a TV show where the traditional owners of a place in the north of WA have found it’s more effective and less destructive, to do the cool burns in May, after the Wet…
They usually do cool burns in all the Qld national parks, but maybe…just tossing the idea around here…they need to do the cool burns earlier in the year…not wait until the heat becomes a factor as well???
yes.. cool hazard reduction burns should only be done when temps are cool but also when the moisture level and relative humidity are high.
I’ll get back to you, got to take Puta for a run, but I thought Sonny Jim was saying last night that Ergon was not allowing firebreaks under the powerlines? Will ask him again when he wakes up: I was pretty tired when he told me last night…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/10/17/2716941.htmThis fire’s been a long time coming…the winter has been so dry…I did see on a TV show where the traditional owners of a place in the north of WA have found it’s more effective and less destructive, to do the cool burns in May, after the Wet…
They usually do cool burns in all the Qld national parks, but maybe…just tossing the idea around here…they need to do the cool burns earlier in the year…not wait until the heat becomes a factor as well???
frightening – and a good reminder for us southerners coming into the hot season.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/20/2718696.htm
+++++++++
if my memory serves me right, Flinders Street is in dire need of urban renewal…
I should have put up the URL for the Newcastle NSW urban renewal that’s going on at the moment…
“totally” not gardening I know, but still “environmental/someone’s gotta live there”…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/20/2718696.htm
+++++++++if my memory serves me right, Flinders Street is in dire need of urban renewal…
I should have put up the URL for the Newcastle NSW urban renewal that’s going on at the moment…
“totally” not gardening I know, but still “environmental/someone’s gotta live there”…
Near me.
Some 14 year old kid is now going to try and sail around the world……… FFS…….elf said “I told ya so” when we heard this on the radio this morning.
Lucky1 said:
Some 14 year old kid is now going to try and sail around the world……… FFS…….elf said “I told ya so” when we heard this on the radio this morning.
14? Geez, you’d think the local blue light disco would be enough excitement at that age.
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Some 14 year old kid is now going to try and sail around the world……… FFS…….elf said “I told ya so” when we heard this on the radio this morning.
14? Geez, you’d think the local blue light disco would be enough excitement at that age.
Well I bet he’s gonna miss his long hot private showers at that age…..world is going nuts.
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Some 14 year old kid is now going to try and sail around the world……… FFS…….elf said “I told ya so” when we heard this on the radio this morning.
14? Geez, you’d think the local blue light disco would be enough excitement at that age.
16 i think she is lucky.
veg gardener said:
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Some 14 year old kid is now going to try and sail around the world……… FFS…….elf said “I told ya so” when we heard this on the radio this morning.
14? Geez, you’d think the local blue light disco would be enough excitement at that age.
16 i think she is lucky.
No sweetie, this is a new person, a young lad. Said he should be ready to sail in about 2 months.
sobering and watching…
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
bon008 said:14? Geez, you’d think the local blue light disco would be enough excitement at that age.
16 i think she is lucky.
No sweetie, this is a new person, a young lad. Said he should be ready to sail in about 2 months.
ok then, i Havent heard any news yet dont listen to the radio on the way home, all people complaining about the trucks and P Platers. bit young isnt it to sail around the world, and they all thought that the 16 year old girl was to young?
bluegreen said:
sobering and watching…
Very sad what length people will go too, even if this is making problems and poverty for their fellow humans.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
sobering and watching…Very sad what length people will go too, even if this is making problems and poverty for their fellow humans.
problem is that the consumers aren’t even aware of the true cost of their cheap food.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
sobering and watching…Very sad what length people will go too, even if this is making problems and poverty for their fellow humans.
problem is that the consumers aren’t even aware of the true cost of their cheap food.
This is so true.
bluegreen said:
sobering and watching…
geez – where there’s big money involved people get ruthless. terrible story and one i knew nothing about.
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Some 14 year old kid is now going to try and sail around the world……… FFS…….elf said “I told ya so” when we heard this on the radio this morning.
14? Geez, you’d think the local blue light disco would be enough excitement at that age.
LOL @ Bon.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/22/2720947.htm
I never really saw this show, no TV where I lived at the time…was the theme song so distinctive?
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/22/2720947.htmI never really saw this show, no TV where I lived at the time…was the theme song so distinctive?
you can hear it here
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/22/2720947.htmI never really saw this show, no TV where I lived at the time…was the theme song so distinctive?
you can hear it here
Thanks BlueGreen, I’ll have to wait until I get to the town office, where the ear phones are…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/23/2722773.htm
Do I detect a tiny little groundswell against political correctness? May it grow and surge!
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/23/2722773.htmDo I detect a tiny little groundswell against political correctness? May it grow and surge!
A good article. IMHO kids can’t be raised properly if they only know about “good. It’s going to be a terrible shock to them when they find out there is a “bad” as well.”
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/23/2722773.htmDo I detect a tiny little groundswell against political correctness? May it grow and surge!
A good article. IMHO kids can’t be raised properly if they only know about “good. It’s going to be a terrible shock to them when they find out there is a “bad” as well.”
Did you read the comments underneath the article as well?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/25/2723449.htm
A whole football team???!!!
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/25/2723449.htmA whole football team???!!!
if they were all in the same bus maybe…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/25/2723449.htmA whole football team???!!!
Bugger, wasn’t a Colombian Footy player who was shot after missing a penalty in the World Cup, many years back?
>Bugger, wasn’t a Colombian Footy player who was shot after missing a penalty in the World Cup, many years back?
Yes, and no. His name was Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga, he scored an own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup against the USA, costing some very dangerous people a lots of money in bets..
He walked out of the “El Indio” bar, located in a Medellín suburb, and met the messy end of a weapon, being shot 12 times. It was said that after each shot the gunman yelled GOAL, imitating a south american sports broadcaster..
CollieWA said:
>Bugger, wasn’t a Colombian Footy player who was shot after missing a penalty in the World Cup, many years back?Yes, and no. His name was Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga, he scored an own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup against the USA, costing some very dangerous people a lots of money in bets..
He walked out of the “El Indio” bar, located in a Medellín suburb, and met the messy end of a weapon, being shot 12 times. It was said that after each shot the gunman yelled GOAL, imitating a south american sports broadcaster..
That’s the one, old Escobar… poor bugger.
Sickening…and related apparently to the loss of these wagers…but anything can happen in any game and that’s what makes this murder so shameful…if you put money on a wager, you must be prepared to lose it, that’s what wagering is all about…
A whole team tho! sport should just be sport, but then look at the trouble the Junior Rugby League is having with parents abusing the umpires, etc…it’s not like the country is going to become slaves to the oppositon if anybody loses…
gets off soapbox
Dinetta said:
Sickening…and related apparently to the loss of these wagers…but anything can happen in any game and that’s what makes this murder so shameful…if you put money on a wager, you must be prepared to lose it, that’s what wagering is all about…A whole team tho! sport should just be sport, but then look at the trouble the Junior Rugby League is having with parents abusing the umpires, etc…it’s not like the country is going to become slaves to the oppositon if anybody loses…
gets off soapbox
You’re right dinetta0, is a game really worth such a loss of life? No…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/25/2723449.htmA whole football team???!!!
Good God, they take the game seriously don’t they?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/27/2725150.htm
Nice news for the day…
For Pomolo
:)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739725.htm
Dinetta said:
For Pomolo:)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739725.htm
One ahead of you D. thanks anyway.
Dinetta said:
For Pomolo:)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739725.htm
I can hear them celebrating at the local pub. Maybe it’s the new hearing aids helping but those folks sound very very happy.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2741364.htm
Not really news, it’s about the news and there’s a chuckle at the end…
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2741364.htmNot really news, it’s about the news and there’s a chuckle at the end…
hehe :)
Did anyone see the iceberg report on TV last week??? Been floating towards N.Z. for about 10 years and its just over twice the size of Titanic.
Lucky1 said:
Did anyone see the iceberg report on TV last week??? Been floating towards N.Z. for about 10 years and its just over twice the size of Titanic.
Don’t worry, global warming will melt it… hopefully 78 Sri Lankans aren’t on board…
>Don’t worry, global warming will melt it… hopefully 78 Sri Lankans aren’t on board…
Sounds the perfect place for them..
CollieWA said:
>Don’t worry, global warming will melt it… hopefully 78 Sri Lankans aren’t on board…Sounds the perfect place for them..
the KRuddster would probably send a lifeboat if they were…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754222.htm
Scary!
Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…
This is what I should have done with one that I knew of…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754284.htm
Didn’t really understand trolls back then…now I’m older wiser and sadder…thank goodness for this forum here..
Dinetta said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754222.htmScary!
Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…
“New Zealand authorities say cane toads could not cope with the south island’s cold climate and even if it had escaped, it would not have survived in the wild.”
I think they said the same about Possums?
>Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…
Too late, 10% are in Bondi already.
Now what was that link….
;^)
CollieWA said:
>Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…Too late, 10% are in Bondi already.
Now what was that link….
;^)
ROFL :D
CollieWA said:
>Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…Too late, 10% are in Bondi already.
Now what was that link….
;^)
But Bondi is not cold, NZ is the Land of the Long White Cloud, remember? Is that iceberg still on a collision course with NZ?
Dinetta said:
CollieWA said:
>Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…Too late, 10% are in Bondi already.
Now what was that link….
;^)
But Bondi is not cold, NZ is the Land of the Long White Cloud, remember? Is that iceberg still on a collision course with NZ?
I might come back to this one after a couple of coffees…
Dinetta said:
Dinetta said:
CollieWA said:
>Hopefully NZ is too cold for the buggars to breed…Too late, 10% are in Bondi already.
Now what was that link….
;^)
But Bondi is not cold, NZ is the Land of the Long White Cloud, remember? Is that iceberg still on a collision course with NZ?
I might come back to this one after a couple of coffees…
I think the point is that the ones in Bondi are breeding, because it is not cold like NZ.
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Dinetta said:But Bondi is not cold, NZ is the Land of the Long White Cloud, remember? Is that iceberg still on a collision course with NZ?
I might come back to this one after a couple of coffees…
I think the point is that the ones in Bondi are breeding, because it is not cold like NZ.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Collie is referring to the Kiwis over here…geez I’m slow if that’s right…
>I’ve come to the conclusion that Collie is referring to the Kiwis over here…geez I’m slow if that’s right…
My tongue WAS firmly planted in my cheek.. 8^)
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:I might come back to this one after a couple of coffees…
I think the point is that the ones in Bondi are breeding, because it is not cold like NZ.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Collie is referring to the Kiwis over here…geez I’m slow if that’s right…
ROFL Dinetta…I assumed he meant the Kiwis!
Vale Rock n Roll George.
Wont mean much to non Brisbaneites.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rock-n-roll-george-joins-the-great-gig-in-the-sky-20091130-k0ln.html
Bubba Louie said:
Vale Rock n Roll George.Wont mean much to non Brisbaneites.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rock-n-roll-george-joins-the-great-gig-in-the-sky-20091130-k0ln.html
Yeah that guy who drove his old Holden up and down that street for years…. Vale R’n‘R George…
Bubba Louie said:
Vale Rock n Roll George.Wont mean much to non Brisbaneites.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rock-n-roll-george-joins-the-great-gig-in-the-sky-20091130-k0ln.html
Yes I saw that in TCM today…Vale indeed…a real live icon and also featured in the book Dare to be Different…Saturday mornings in BrisneyLand just won’t be the same anymore…heck BrisneyLand isn’t what it used to be…no Cloudland, no BelleVue…just all these anonymous taaaaaaaaaaallllll buildings….could be anywhere…
pain master said:
Bubba Louie said:
Vale Rock n Roll George.Wont mean much to non Brisbaneites.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rock-n-roll-george-joins-the-great-gig-in-the-sky-20091130-k0ln.html
Yeah that guy who drove his old Holden up and down that street for years…. Vale R’n‘R George…
He didn’t just drive that old Holden up and down the street…a living Treasure, he was…
“The airline can’t afford this. Its reputation is at stake,”
Bahahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahaaaa!
Check out this pollie from the NT. Infected hair follicles left holes in his face.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/12/31/112541_ntnews.html
Lucky1 said:
Check out this pollie from the NT. Infected hair follicles left holes in his face.http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/12/31/112541_ntnews.html
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I can just hear my mum’s voice in my head now – “that’s what will happen if you don’t stop picking your face!” :D
Lucky1 said:
Check out this pollie from the NT. Infected hair follicles left holes in his face.http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/12/31/112541_ntnews.html
Good heavens!
Not a great way to finish off the year…
pain master said:
Not a great way to finish off the year…
I heard about that on the radio today. :(
Congrats to the Melbourne Zoo, they are the proud grandparents of a baby elephant. Born in the early hours this morning. A little girl.
Lucky1 said:
Congrats to the Melbourne Zoo, they are the proud grandparents of a baby elephant. Born in the early hours this morning. A little girl.
Finally!! They’re been talking about that on the Today show for weeks!
How sweet :)
Bet the mum is relieved too, she was pregnant for AGES!
awwww…
Awww!! That pink little trunk looks so BRAND NEW!! Like a puppy’s soft paws before they get all .. used and worn :)
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Congrats to the Melbourne Zoo, they are the proud grandparents of a baby elephant. Born in the early hours this morning. A little girl.
Finally!! They’re been talking about that on the Today show for weeks!
How sweet :)
Bet the mum is relieved too, she was pregnant for AGES!
22 months. Lotta chocolate and pickles for that mum in waiting….
bluegreen said:
awwww…
aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww just the right size for my backyard…..lurv elephants.
bluegreen said:
awwww…
Gee she looks like her mum;P
bon008 said:
Lucky1 said:
Congrats to the Melbourne Zoo, they are the proud grandparents of a baby elephant. Born in the early hours this morning. A little girl.
Finally!! They’re been talking about that on the Today show for weeks!
How sweet :)
Bet the mum is relieved too, she was pregnant for AGES!
Anyone watch the Elephant doco on ABC Thursday night? The Vengeful Elephant, I think it was called. Fascinating stuff.
sad news from PNG, the Bus on Bus collision last Tuesday has claimed some more victims with a few more dieing in Hospital over the last day or so. 43 are now confirmed killed in PNG’s worst ever road accident. Oddly enough, one young chap walked away from the crash without a scratch or a bruise!
There are pictures online, but I won’t share them around here…. pretty bloody gruesome. :(
bubba louie said:
Anyone watch the Elephant doco on ABC Thursday night? The Vengeful Elephant, I think it was called. Fascinating stuff.
Angry young elephant…
>22 months. Lotta chocolate and pickles for that mum in waiting….
Imagine carrying a 100+kg baby during that hot streak…
>aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww just the right size for my backyard…..lurv elephants.
Just don’t feed it…..
>Anyone watch the Elephant doco on ABC Thursday night? The Vengeful Elephant, I think it was called. Fascinating stuff.
Yep. Bugger having one of them on your case. Anything that can kill a rhino without artillery is tough..
This is a worry:(
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/pill-popping-trend-burns-holes-in-stomachs-20100204-ng47.html
Health Department destroys thousands of dollars of local fruit
@#$%^& bureaucracy!!
on a lighter note…
33 of the World’s Strangest Buildings
Both posts have left me speechless….BG
First for the craziness of these people…………
The second for the…………….. craziness of those people….lol
This one reminds me of a hobbits place
This one a pile of shoe boxes
This one makes me hungry……lol
You can read about it here……
“http://www.nationalgeographic.com/”
how cool is that!
bluegreen said:
how cool is that!
Yeah, the elf showed it to me this morning.
ewwww…
bluegreen said:
ewwww…
Eewwwwwwwwwwww
That’s when the health department nippled it in the bud.
LOL!
bluegreen said:
ewwww…
Oh crap I nearly lost a mouthful of skinny coke……. that is so wrong:(
I’m sorry…….so wrong.
I don’t have a problem with it…
Dinetta said:
I don’t either. We are the only species that drinks other species milk.
I don’t have a problem with it…
from Malum Nalu’s Blog, here’s some pretty big quavas!
pain master said:
from Malum Nalu’s Blog, here’s some pretty big quavas!
Definitely not cherry guavas, no siree!
pain master said:
from Malum Nalu’s Blog, here’s some pretty big quavas!
Are they just the common ones? They’re huge.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
from Malum Nalu’s Blog, here’s some pretty big quavas!
Are they just the common ones? They’re huge.
No idea what variety, just that the young lady was pretty happy with showing off her guavas!
Just saw this on the news…… males answer to Susan Boyle????
This is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-tOsM6F4Y
This is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-tOsM6F4Y
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But Whitney will always win the in the looks department! 8^)
Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, the sea has shrunk by 90 percent since the rivers that feed it were largely diverted in a Soviet project to boost cotton production in the arid region.The shrunken sea has ruined the once-robust fishing economy and left fishing trawlers stranded in sandy wastelands, leaning over as if they dropped from the air. The sea’s evaporation has left layers of highly salted sand, which winds can carry as far away as Scandinavia and Japan, and which plague local people with health troubles.
Coca-Cola plant ‘has dried up our farms’ say Indian villagers
“The level of groundwater dipped too low and it made farming nearly impossible. Like many other farmers in Kala Dera, we were finally forced to sell the land to a mineral powder maker eight years ago,” said Mr Nayak, 41, whose farm produced wheat, millet and vegetables. He also had to sell his cows and buffaloes.Not long after Coca-Cola opened its plant in the already semi-arid and Kala Dera, in Rajasthan, in a locale surrounded by farmland, the water table in the area dropped significantly, leaving farmers unable to access it and reducing their land to dust.
bluegreen said:
Coca-Cola plant ‘has dried up our farms’ say Indian villagers
“The level of groundwater dipped too low and it made farming nearly impossible. Like many other farmers in Kala Dera, we were finally forced to sell the land to a mineral powder maker eight years ago,” said Mr Nayak, 41, whose farm produced wheat, millet and vegetables. He also had to sell his cows and buffaloes.Not long after Coca-Cola opened its plant in the already semi-arid and Kala Dera, in Rajasthan, in a locale surrounded by farmland, the water table in the area dropped significantly, leaving farmers unable to access it and reducing their land to dust.
It happens here too, BlueGreen, but you don’t hear about it much…
bluegreen said:
Aral Sea ‘shocking disaster’
Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, the sea has shrunk by 90 percent since the rivers that feed it were largely diverted in a Soviet project to boost cotton production in the arid region.The shrunken sea has ruined the once-robust fishing economy and left fishing trawlers stranded in sandy wastelands, leaning over as if they dropped from the air. The sea’s evaporation has left layers of highly salted sand, which winds can carry as far away as Scandinavia and Japan, and which plague local people with health troubles.
cotton eh?
bluegreen said:
Coca-Cola plant ‘has dried up our farms’ say Indian villagers
“The level of groundwater dipped too low and it made farming nearly impossible. Like many other farmers in Kala Dera, we were finally forced to sell the land to a mineral powder maker eight years ago,” said Mr Nayak, 41, whose farm produced wheat, millet and vegetables. He also had to sell his cows and buffaloes.Not long after Coca-Cola opened its plant in the already semi-arid and Kala Dera, in Rajasthan, in a locale surrounded by farmland, the water table in the area dropped significantly, leaving farmers unable to access it and reducing their land to dust.
If the cows are gone, what will Maccas do?
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
Aral Sea ‘shocking disaster’
Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, the sea has shrunk by 90 percent since the rivers that feed it were largely diverted in a Soviet project to boost cotton production in the arid region.The shrunken sea has ruined the once-robust fishing economy and left fishing trawlers stranded in sandy wastelands, leaning over as if they dropped from the air. The sea’s evaporation has left layers of highly salted sand, which winds can carry as far away as Scandinavia and Japan, and which plague local people with health troubles.
cotton eh?
yeah! the “natural” fibre!!!
>If the cows are gone, what will Maccas do?
Go broke with a bit of luck.
A good read indeed, BlueGreen…
bluegreen said:
Why gardening can be the best form of therapy
Good read indeed.
I like the last sentence.
Here’s one that might make your jaw drop…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/04/2890292.htm
Goodness knows how they would even get to year 7.. what happened to repeating a year if you can’t do what is required for that year?
o.O
Who’s a clever beaver????
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2958779/Beaver-dam-seen-from-space.html
Lucky1 said:
Who’s a clever beaver????http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2958779/Beaver-dam-seen-from-space.html
Well I am going to have to take their word about it being seen from space, because I wouldn’t be able to tell from that picture if the dotted line wasn’t there! But it has been long considered that beavers are great engineers.
Lucky1 said:
Who’s a clever beaver????http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2958779/Beaver-dam-seen-from-space.html
Hmm.. do we trust The Sun? :D
bluegreen said:
GM Food… Feeding the Hungry or Population Control?
The big GM companies never wanted to (safely) feed the world… they just wanted to make money, and the governments have been too p***weak to deal with the issues :(
Thanks BG, will have a read..
disturbing…
bluegreen said:
disturbing…
Dunno that I’d trust it though – I’ve heard that some of the issues with vaccines in the US aren’t an issue here, because we use different vaccines with different ingredients.
Dreading the day when I have to think about vaccines on behalf of someone other than me (kids) – it’s so complex.
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
disturbing…Dunno that I’d trust it though – I’ve heard that some of the issues with vaccines in the US aren’t an issue here, because we use different vaccines with different ingredients.
Dreading the day when I have to think about vaccines on behalf of someone other than me (kids) – it’s so complex.
here’s a link from an Australian source. No mercury, but pretty well all the other nasties.
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
disturbing…Dunno that I’d trust it though – I’ve heard that some of the issues with vaccines in the US aren’t an issue here, because we use different vaccines with different ingredients.
Dreading the day when I have to think about vaccines on behalf of someone other than me (kids) – it’s so complex.
here’s a link from an Australian source. No mercury, but pretty well all the other nasties.
Oh :( Putting my head back in the sand until I have kids… :(
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Sunday 09 September 2010
Cancer Pesticide Link – US President’s Cancer Panel Report
The report recommends that people consume food grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers and growth hormones
‘The latest report by the US President’s Cancer Panel states that environmental toxins, especially chemicals are the main causes of cancer and raises particular concern over the exposure levels for children.’ Andre Leu, Chairman of the Organic Federation of Australia stated
‘The report that has just been published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute also stated that the current methods of testing and regulating chemicals such as pesticides are inadequate.’ Andre said.
‘Very significantly, the report recommends that people consume food grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers and growth hormones’ Mr Leu said
Several critical issues around chemicals have been raised by the report.
Most Chemicals have not Been Tested for Safety
‘Only a few hundred of the more than 80,000 chemicals in use in the United States have been tested for safety.’
Pesticides Linked to Many Types of Cancers
‘Nearly 1,400 pesticides have been registered (i.e., approved) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for agricultural and non-agricultural use. Exposure to these chemicals has been linked to brain/central nervous system (CNS), breast, colon, lung, ovarian (female spouses), pancreatic, kidney, testicular, and stomach cancers, as well as Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and soft tissue sarcoma. Pesticide-exposed farmers, pesticide applicators, crop duster pilots, and manufacturers also have been found to have elevated rates of prostate cancer, melanoma, other skin cancers, and cancer of the lip.
‘Approximately 40 chemicals classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as known, probable, or possible human carcinogens, are used in EPA-registered pesticides now on the market.’
Testing is Inadequate
‘Available evidence on the level of potential harm and increased cancer risk from many environmental exposures is insufficient or equivocal. The Panel is particularly concerned that the impact, mechanisms of action, and potential interactions of some known and suspected carcinogens are poorly defined.
Meaningful measurement and assessment of the cancer risk associated with many environmental exposures are hampered by a lack of accurate measurement tools and methodologies. This is particularly true regarding cumulative exposure to specific established or possible carcinogens, gene-environment interactions, emerging technologies, and the effects of multiple agent exposures.’
Current Testing Fails to Accurately Represent Human Exposure to Harmful Chemicals
‘Some scientists maintain that current toxicity testing and exposure limit-setting methods fail to accurately represent the nature of human exposure to potentially harmful chemicals. Current toxicity testing relies heavily on animal studies that utilize doses substantially higher than those likely to be encountered by humans.’
Testing Fails to Account for Harmful Effects of Low Doses
‘These data—and the exposure limits extrapolated from them—fail to take into account harmful effects that may occur only at very low doses. Further, chemicals typically are administered when laboratory animals are in their adolescence, a methodology that fails to assess the impact of in utero, childhood, and lifelong exposures.’
Testing Fails to Account for Combinations of Chemicals’
‘In addition, agents are tested singly rather than in combination.’
‘Single-agent toxicity testing and reliance on animal testing are inadequate to address the backlog of untested chemicals already in use and the plethora of new chemicals introduced every year.’
Women Carry Higher Levels of Chemicals
‘Further, studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that while all Americans carry many foreign chemicals in their bodies, women have higher levels of many of these chemicals than do men.’
Chemical Contaminants are Passed on to the Next Generation
‘Some of these chemicals are found in maternal blood, placental tissue, and breast milk samples from pregnant women and mothers who recently gave birth. These findings indicate that chemical contaminants are being passed on to the next generation, both prenatally and during breastfeeding. Some chemicals indirectly increase cancer risk by contributing to immune and endocrine dysfunction that can influence the effect of carcinogens.’
Children also Exposed to Chemicals in Utero
‘Children also can be exposed to toxins in utero via placental transfer and/or after birth via breast milk. Tests of umbilical cord blood found traces of nearly 300 pollutants in newborns’ bodies, such as chemicals used in fast-food packaging, flame retardants present in household dust, and pesticides.’
Children Are at Special Risk for Cancer Due to Environmental Contaminants.
‘They are at special risk due to their smaller body mass and rapid physical development, both of which magnify their vulnerability to known or suspected carcinogens, including radiation. Numerous environmental contaminants can cross the placental barrier; to a disturbing extent, babies are born “pre-polluted.” Children also can be harmed by genetic or other damage resulting from environmental exposures sustained by the mother (and in some cases, the father). There is a critical lack of knowledge and appreciation of environmental threats to children’s health and a severe shortage of researchers and clinicians trained in children’s environmental health.’
Children’s Cancer Rates are Increasing
‘Yet over the same period (1975–2006), cancer incidence in U.S. children under 20 years of age has increased’
Leukemia Rates Higher for Children Exposed to Pesticides
‘Leukemia rates are consistently elevated among children who grow up on farms, among children whose parents used pesticides in the home or garden, and among children of pesticide applicators. Because these chemicals often are applied as mixtures, it has been difficult to clearly distinguish cancer risks associated with individual agents.’
Concern over Food Residues being too High
‘Only 23.1 percent of samples had zero pesticide residues detected, 29.5 percent had one residue, and the remainder had two or more. The majority of residues detected were at levels far below EPA tolerances …but the data on which the tolerances are based are heavily criticized by environmental health professionals and advocates as being inadequate and unduly influenced by industry.’
Regulation of Environmental Contaminants is Inadequate to Protect from Harm
‘The prevailing regulatory approach in the United States is reactionary rather than precautionary. That is, instead of taking preventive action when uncertainty exists about the potential harm a chemical or other environmental contaminant may cause, a hazard must be incontrovertibly demonstrated before action to ameliorate it is initiated. Moreover, instead of requiring industry or other proponents of specific chemicals, devices, or activities to prove their safety, the public bears the burden of proving that a given environmental exposure is harmful.’
Consume Food Grown Without Pesticides and Fertilisers
The report recommends that people consume food grown without pesticides, fertilisers and growth hormones.
‘Contrary to popular belief washing or peeling conventional produce only removes a percentage of the pesticides as they tend to be absorbed through the whole of the produce.’ Andre Leu said
‘The most effective way to avoid pesticides is to eat organic food. A study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that children who eat organic foods have lower levels of pesticides in their bodies.’ Andre stated
The University of Washington researchers who conducted the study concluded ‘The dose estimates suggest that consumption of organic fruits, vegetables, and juice can reduce children’s exposure levels from above to below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s current guidelines, thereby shifting exposures from a range of uncertain risk to a range of negligible risk. Consumption of organic produce appears to provide a relatively simple way for parents to reduce their children’s exposure…’
ENDS
The full report can be found at http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp.htm
Slightly more positive news..
Unremarked and virtually unnoticed, Vandana Shiva, an acclaimed Indian physicist, philosopher, eco-feminist and environmental activist, was this week named winner of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize.
She’s a very inspirational woman.
bluegreen said:
Victory: Nestlé gives orang-utans a break
Saw that – just shows Facebook can be useful. However personally I’m not optimistic – all they’ve committed to is switching to “good” suppliers of palm oil, and I have no faith in there being ANY significant quantity of palm oil on the global market that isn’t contributing to rainforest destruction. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is a joke, IMHO.
If they could replace palm oil entirely with other ingredients, that would be something to write home about.
The magnified head of a bluebottle larva. Maggots hatch from eggs laid on dead animals and humans and are used in medicine to clean woulnds. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/features/environment/too-close-for-comfort-the-alien-horrors-living-in-our-homes/story-e6frflp0-1225901861932#ixzz0vm6IYXtb
A cat flea in its favourite environment. This is what the bug looks like when it is magnified 100 times. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
This close up of a common housefly shows how hairy the insect is. The hairs act as tactile (touch) organs. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
The meal mite is a common pest of granaries, mills and kitchens and feeds on grains and cereals. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
EWWWW, bugs.
Red flour beetles, like this one, like to eat cornflakes and biscuits. Picture: Eye of Science / Science Photo Library
Happy Potter said:
EWWWW, bugs.
Bit scary aren’t they…..lol
A close up of a daddy-long-legs spider. The bug preys on other spiders, injecting them with venom from its fangs. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
A house dust mite, as seen through a Scanning Electron Micrograph. House dust mites are usually harmless but their excrement can cause allergic reactions. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
I thought I’d share these with you all….. found them on the new internet today.
Lucky1 said:
A cat flea in its favourite environment. This is what the bug looks like when it is magnified 100 times. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
They are stunning photographs…such detail…and to think we didn’t know they existed until you put them up!
Lucky1 said:
This close up of a common housefly shows how hairy the insect is. The hairs act as tactile (touch) organs. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
Looks like it’s wearing red sieves lol!
Lucky1 said:
The meal mite is a common pest of granaries, mills and kitchens and feeds on grains and cereals. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
Can see a strong relationship to the dinosaurs there…in the body shape anyhow…
Lucky1 said:
A close up of a daddy-long-legs spider. The bug preys on other spiders, injecting them with venom from its fangs. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
I’ve got squillions of them…all about to be vacuumed over the coming months…
Lucky1 said:
A house dust mite, as seen through a Scanning Electron Micrograph. House dust mites are usually harmless but their excrement can cause allergic reactions. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
Which is probably why carpets are so bl***dy hard to clean…
I hope they get him/her/them
Dinetta said:
I hope they get him/her/them
I hope they do too. Obviously someone trying to knock out the competition.
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
I hope they get him/her/themI hope they do too. Obviously someone trying to knock out the competition.
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
I hope they get him/her/themI hope they do too. Obviously someone trying to knock out the competition.
Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
disgruntled ex-employee?
bluegreen said:
disgruntled ex-employee?
Well now that it’s “national news” he/she/they may have melted into obscurity…and good riddance…
Lucky1 said:
The magnified head of a bluebottle larva. Maggots hatch from eggs laid on dead animals and humans and are used in medicine to clean woulnds. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo LibraryRead more: http://www.news.com.au/features/environment/too-close-for-comfort-the-alien-horrors-living-in-our-homes/story-e6frflp0-1225901861932#ixzz0vm6IYXtb
It looks like something off Dr Who.
yes these pics where in the Herald Sun this morning , creepy hey ?
I couldn’t get the page on the larva but that picture is so gross. A bluebottle is kinda beautiful so it’s just as well that larva changes somewhere along the line.
Lucky1 said:
A cat flea in its favourite environment. This is what the bug looks like when it is magnified 100 times. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
I bet they do look like that too. Ugly, ugly ugly!
They are still all ugly but the photography has to be exceptional.
Lucky1 said:
Red flour beetles, like this one, like to eat cornflakes and biscuits. Picture: Eye of Science / Science Photo Library
Looks like a cornflakes with blueberries.
pomolo said:
They are still all ugly but the photography has to be exceptional.
This is why I popped them up….damn amazing but ugly little buggers….I’m sure their mums love them though.
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
A cat flea in its favourite environment. This is what the bug looks like when it is magnified 100 times. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
They are stunning photographs…such detail…and to think we didn’t know they existed until you put them up!
I think we knew they existed but we had no idea of what they really looked like. Now I’m beginning to think I was better off when I was uneducated. LOL.
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
The meal mite is a common pest of granaries, mills and kitchens and feeds on grains and cereals. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
Can see a strong relationship to the dinosaurs there…in the body shape anyhow…
Wearing a velvet coat.
Dinetta said:
I hope they get him/her/them
Sometimes I wonder just how bad the human race can get.
pomolo said:
They are still all ugly but the photography has to be exceptional.
I beg to differ, I think the bugs are cute, but then I think deep sea monsters are cute so there you go…totally agree about the photography tho’…
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
The meal mite is a common pest of granaries, mills and kitchens and feeds on grains and cereals. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
Can see a strong relationship to the dinosaurs there…in the body shape anyhow…
Wearing a velvet coat.
mmhmm
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:Can see a strong relationship to the dinosaurs there…in the body shape anyhow…
Wearing a velvet coat.
mmhmm
hhmmmm indeed.
how are the quilters going lucky? some of their work is out of this world.
i hope you, elf and the rest of the world are doing fine.
pepe said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:Wearing a velvet coat.
mmhmm
hhmmmm indeed.
how are the quilters going lucky? some of their work is out of this world.
i hope you, elf and the rest of the world are doing fine.
Going okay and I am doing my best not to keel over and so is the elf…….lol
Hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. No quilting morning with the girls this week. I din’t want to spread the bug.
Hey you getting an sun out your end of the burb????
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Dinetta said:mmhmm
hhmmmm indeed.
how are the quilters going lucky? some of their work is out of this world.
i hope you, elf and the rest of the world are doing fine.
Going okay and I am doing my best not to keel over and so is the elf…….lol
Hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. No quilting morning with the girls this week. I din’t want to spread the bug.
Hey you getting an sun out your end of the burb????
no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:hhmmmm indeed.
how are the quilters going lucky? some of their work is out of this world.
i hope you, elf and the rest of the world are doing fine.
Going okay and I am doing my best not to keel over and so is the elf…….lol
Hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. No quilting morning with the girls this week. I din’t want to spread the bug.
Hey you getting an sun out your end of the burb????
no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:Going okay and I am doing my best not to keel over and so is the elf…….lol
Hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. No quilting morning with the girls this week. I din’t want to spread the bug.
Hey you getting an sun out your end of the burb????
no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Me too Lucky !! and Max..when the sun comes out I’m out there in it and Max lays on the edge of the patio concrete floor to soak up the suns rays. It’s been so grey and dull.
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:Going okay and I am doing my best not to keel over and so is the elf…….lol
Hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. No quilting morning with the girls this week. I din’t want to spread the bug.
Hey you getting an sun out your end of the burb????
no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Tough Lucky. We can’t even offer you any of ours because we haven’t seen much of it ourselves.
Lucky1 said:
pomolo said:
They are still all ugly but the photography has to be exceptional.
This is why I popped them up….damn amazing but ugly little buggers….I’m sure their mums love them though.
doubt it, they deserted them before they even hatched!
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
pomolo said:
They are still all ugly but the photography has to be exceptional.
This is why I popped them up….damn amazing but ugly little buggers….I’m sure their mums love them though.
doubt it, they deserted them before they even hatched!
oohhhhh now you make me sad…..lol
I thought those poor little guys had someone on their side……hehehe
I know we have little tiny mites on our eye lashes…… I try not to remember that. I often wonder with all the eye makeup….how many survive.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:This is why I popped them up….damn amazing but ugly little buggers….I’m sure their mums love them though.
doubt it, they deserted them before they even hatched!
oohhhhh now you make me sad…..lol
I thought those poor little guys had someone on their side……hehehe
I know we have little tiny mites on our eye lashes…… I try not to remember that. I often wonder with all the eye makeup….how many survive.
don’t worry, they seem to find partners all right ;)
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:doubt it, they deserted them before they even hatched!
oohhhhh now you make me sad…..lol
I thought those poor little guys had someone on their side……hehehe
I know we have little tiny mites on our eye lashes…… I try not to remember that. I often wonder with all the eye makeup….how many survive.
don’t worry, they seem to find partners all right ;)
Oh I am sure they do;)
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
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the flu wouldn’t help.
i do think my winter wardrobe would be inadequate if it got any colder – and (on two days) the wood fire started at lunchtime. i’m baking each week because using the oven warms the house.
pepe said:
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
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the flu wouldn’t help.
i do think my winter wardrobe would be inadequate if it got any colder – and (on two days) the wood fire started at lunchtime. i’m baking each week because using the oven warms the house.
Oh baking in the cold…love it. Its a nice way of warming the house, while feeding one’s face and tummy.
Lucky1 said:
A close up of a daddy-long-legs spider. The bug preys on other spiders, injecting them with venom from its fangs. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
One of the more highly venomous spiders, ‘cept they got ity bity fangs.
Thanks for the bugpics Lucky1 :)
Thanks for the bugpics Lucky1 :)
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Most welcome:) I love those sort of photos…..just had a share….lol
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
I hope they get him/her/themI hope they do too. Obviously someone trying to knock out the competition.
Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
sounds like someone knew what they were doing…
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:I hope they do too. Obviously someone trying to knock out the competition.
Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
disgruntled ex-employee?
even a gruntled one might be capable?
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:I hope they do too. Obviously someone trying to knock out the competition.
Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
sounds like someone knew what they were doing…
Don’t quote me on this….But I am sure this happened back some years ago.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
sounds like someone knew what they were doing…
Don’t quote me on this….But I am sure this happened back some years ago.
Yes, the article states it’s happened four times in the last eight years.
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:Going okay and I am doing my best not to keel over and so is the elf…….lol
Hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. No quilting morning with the girls this week. I din’t want to spread the bug.
Hey you getting an sun out your end of the burb????
no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer…
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Tough Lucky. We can’t even offer you any of ours because we haven’t seen much of it ourselves.
I think I got it. This week has been spectacular, no clods, light cool breeze, chilly nights, warm sunshine. Simply perfect. The thermometer even got to single digits on Wednesday morning, before warming up to around 24C.
And, no humidity.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:sounds like someone knew what they were doing…
Don’t quote me on this….But I am sure this happened back some years ago.
Yes, the article states it’s happened four times in the last eight years.
Oh crap!!! I heard it had happened once before. Gee there are some real rotters out there.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer…
Bite me!!!
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer…
Bite me!!!
nah, you’re too cold, no-one wants ice cream before lunch.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:no sun – which is a problem – because i can’t start drinking until the sun is over the yardarm.
I must say…. though I will denies this if you repeat it…………………… I am getting sick of this weather….. not the cold, just no sun…I miss the sun on my face when outside.
Someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer…
LOL.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:Someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer, someone wants their summer…
Bite me!!!
nah, you’re too cold, no-one wants ice cream before lunch.
Hey all the running around I am doing…… I’ll soon be a soft serve;P
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
A close up of a daddy-long-legs spider. The bug preys on other spiders, injecting them with venom from its fangs. Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library
One of the more highly venomous spiders, ‘cept they got ity bity fangs.
Thanks for the bugpics Lucky1 :)
Old wives tale.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
sounds like someone knew what they were doing…
Don’t quote me on this….But I am sure this happened back some years ago.
It’s about the third time in several years according to the news.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:Fashionista has friends up there, and she’s led me to believe it’s a fairly tight-knit community on the Burdekin…my suspicion is vandals…too much time on their hands…they should go back to watching YouTube lol!
sounds like someone knew what they were doing…
Don’t quote me on this….But I am sure this happened back some years ago.
I think it’s the second time this year? (Don’t quote me either)…
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:Bite me!!!
nah, you’re too cold, no-one wants ice cream before lunch.
Hey all the running around I am doing…… I’ll soon be a soft serve;P
Mrs Whippy anyone?
Now why would you have a competition for something like that?
Would you have an ice-sitting competition at the AntArctic???
Dinetta said:
Sauna Championship fatalNow why would you have a competition for something like that?
Would you have an ice-sitting competition at the AntArctic???
Might have to phone up the Doctor on JJJ next friday and get my nomination in…
Dinetta said:
Sauna Championship fatalNow why would you have a competition for something like that?
Would you have an ice-sitting competition at the AntArctic???
The things people will do for fame.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Sauna Championship fatalNow why would you have a competition for something like that?
Would you have an ice-sitting competition at the AntArctic???
The things people will do for fame.
I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Sauna Championship fatalNow why would you have a competition for something like that?
Would you have an ice-sitting competition at the AntArctic???
The things people will do for fame.
I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:The things people will do for fame.
I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
He’s barely 16….and you are not a 15 y o female, or younger…
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:The things people will do for fame.
I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Singer apprently pom, Not that I’ve heard him sing, Created some big crowd in sydney.
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
He’s barely 16….and you are not a 15 y o female, or younger…
I’ve learnt something new today :)
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Justin Bieber rose to fame on a YouTube video his mother made of him singing “Baby”…the young teen girls picked it up…they even demanded that Sunrise (or one of those commercial breakfast shows) bring him to Australia, which they did, but his free to air concert was cancelled for safety reasons (too many girls, from all over Australia, with their mothers, turned up)…
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Singer apprently pom, Not that I’ve heard him sing, Created some big crowd in sydney.
I’m sure his mother is proud of him….but for my he’s a bit sissy looking
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Singer apprently pom, Not that I’ve heard him sing, Created some big crowd in sydney.
so did the City 2 Surf.
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Singer apprently pom, Not that I’ve heard him sing, Created some big crowd in sydney.
so did the City 2 Surf.
Yep, but the City 2 Surf, was a Great viewing.
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Justin Bieber rose to fame on a YouTube video his mother made of him singing “Baby”…the young teen girls picked it up…they even demanded that Sunrise (or one of those commercial breakfast shows) bring him to Australia, which they did, but his free to air concert was cancelled for safety reasons (too many girls, from all over Australia, with their mothers, turned up)…
Thanks, I was enjoying my ignorance. I now know too much…
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Justin Bieber rose to fame on a YouTube video his mother made of him singing “Baby”…the young teen girls picked it up…they even demanded that Sunrise (or one of those commercial breakfast shows) bring him to Australia, which they did, but his free to air concert was cancelled for safety reasons (too many girls, from all over Australia, with their mothers, turned up)…
Thanks, I was enjoying my ignorance. I now know too much…
Knowing too much can be dangerous…..
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
He’s barely 16….and you are not a 15 y o female, or younger…
I’ve learnt something new today :)
I know who he is now. I saw him on the teev. He’s blond with his hair all brushed to one side. I never took any notice of his singing though.
Lucky1 said:
I’m sure his mother is proud of him….but for me he’s a bit sissy looking
Sonny Joe can’t stand him…thinks JB is a wuss…
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
Singer apprently pom, Not that I’ve heard him sing, Created some big crowd in sydney.
I’m sure his mother is proud of him….but for my he’s a bit sissy looking
Oh Christ, now I am eternally soiled… I now know what he freakin’ looks like. I’m off to go check out my nieces fb, she’ll give me all the good goss.
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:I’m sure his mother is proud of him….but for me he’s a bit sissy looking
Sonny Joe can’t stand him…thinks JB is a wuss…
I’m with Sonny Joe…….bit too pretty for my liking….. bit too young too….hehehe
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:Singer apprently pom, Not that I’ve heard him sing, Created some big crowd in sydney.
I’m sure his mother is proud of him….but for my he’s a bit sissy looking
Oh Christ, now I am eternally soiled… I now know what he freakin’ looks like. I’m off to go check out my nieces fb, she’ll give me all the good goss.
ROTFPIMP….cough cough wheez cough
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:I’m sure his mother is proud of him….but for my he’s a bit sissy looking
Oh Christ, now I am eternally soiled… I now know what he freakin’ looks like. I’m off to go check out my nieces fb, she’ll give me all the good goss.
ROTFPIMP….cough cough wheez cough
sorry for the blasphemy… feel free to throw stones my way for the rest of the day.
bluegreen said:
GM plants ‘established in the wild’ :(
while that is depressing news… we humans as a specie and the plants in question again as a specie have been genetically modifying these crops for thousands of years through selective breeding and competition. It is bound to happen that evolution will have it that GM crops will cross pollinate. :(
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
GM plants ‘established in the wild’ :(
while that is depressing news… we humans as a specie and the plants in question again as a specie have been genetically modifying these crops for thousands of years through selective breeding and competition. It is bound to happen that evolution will have it that GM crops will cross pollinate. :(
Back when this was first talked about, I remember hearing on talk back radio , them saying it will be controlled…..yeah right:(
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
GM plants ‘established in the wild’ :(
while that is depressing news… we humans as a specie and the plants in question again as a specie have been genetically modifying these crops for thousands of years through selective breeding and competition. It is bound to happen that evolution will have it that GM crops will cross pollinate. :(
that’s the point. one of the arguments against GM was that it would create more pervasive weeds, but ‘those that decide’ kept claiming it would not be a problem!
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
GM plants ‘established in the wild’ :(
while that is depressing news… we humans as a specie and the plants in question again as a specie have been genetically modifying these crops for thousands of years through selective breeding and competition. It is bound to happen that evolution will have it that GM crops will cross pollinate. :(
that’s the point. one of the arguments against GM was that it would create more pervasive weeds, but ‘those that decide’ kept claiming it would not be a problem!
“those” being Monsanto no?
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:while that is depressing news… we humans as a specie and the plants in question again as a specie have been genetically modifying these crops for thousands of years through selective breeding and competition. It is bound to happen that evolution will have it that GM crops will cross pollinate. :(
that’s the point. one of the arguments against GM was that it would create more pervasive weeds, but ‘those that decide’ kept claiming it would not be a problem!
“those” being Monsanto no?
and others, and those in their pay…
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:I believe Justin Bieber is writing his memoirs as we speak….
Thankfully, I do not know who this guy is, nor have I seen an image.
Me either. LOL. He must have something to do with the current teen generation. Wait, is he a footballer?
I accidentally saw him on the TV just last week and believe me the experience was very underwhelming.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:He’s barely 16….and you are not a 15 y o female, or younger…
I’ve learnt something new today :)
I know who he is now. I saw him on the teev. He’s blond with his hair all brushed to one side. I never took any notice of his singing though.
All the young trendies have that same haircut ATM.
bubba louie said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:I’ve learnt something new today :)
I know who he is now. I saw him on the teev. He’s blond with his hair all brushed to one side. I never took any notice of his singing though.
All the young trendies have that same haircut ATM.
Didn’t notice either of your lads with that do… :P
pain master said:
bubba louie said:
pomolo said:I know who he is now. I saw him on the teev. He’s blond with his hair all brushed to one side. I never took any notice of his singing though.
All the young trendies have that same haircut ATM.
Didn’t notice either of your lads with that do… :P
Trendy and my boys don’t belong in the same sentence.
http://www.news.com.au/national/proposal-to-fine-victims-of-graffiti/story-e6frfkvr-1225903298785
Another slap in the face for victims.
Lucky1 said:
http://www.news.com.au/national/proposal-to-fine-victims-of-graffiti/story-e6frfkvr-1225903298785Another slap in the face for victims.
That hardly seems fair. Does that mean that you repaint so they can do it again on a clean slate?
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
http://www.news.com.au/national/proposal-to-fine-victims-of-graffiti/story-e6frfkvr-1225903298785Another slap in the face for victims.
That hardly seems fair. Does that mean that you repaint so they can do it again on a clean slate?
Yep
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
http://www.news.com.au/national/proposal-to-fine-victims-of-graffiti/story-e6frfkvr-1225903298785Another slap in the face for victims.
That hardly seems fair. Does that mean that you repaint so they can do it again on a clean slate?
Seems like it.
Lucky1 said:
http://www.news.com.au/national/proposal-to-fine-victims-of-graffiti/story-e6frfkvr-1225903298785Another slap in the face for victims.
well in Vic, motorcyclists get hit with a $50 extra levy on our rego because we get hurt when other vehicles hit us!
wow…. big voice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPITHzdUUDk
bluegreen said:
Elusive marriage-wrecking fish carps it
I saw it when it was first put up…looks like a lot of fishy humour has ensured since…vale Two Tone…
bluegreen said:
World’s largest Urban Forest planted by hand
nice work…. pity about the interiors. Timmmmmbbbberrrrrrr!
jee bro, looks like the ground all started shaking eh bro….
pain master said:
jee bro, looks like the ground all started shaking eh bro….
“Beached Az”???
pain master said:
jee bro, looks like the ground all started shaking eh bro….
Poor kiwi people.
pain master said:
jee bro, looks like the ground all started shaking eh bro….
nasty!
Residents are bracing themselves in the state’s northeast, with towns such as Benalla, Euroa and Violet Town activating their emergency plans.The Hume Hwy – the main route between Melbourne and Sydney – is covered in water in two sections and is expected to be closed at Violet Town and Euroa this afternoon.
from Army called in to help evacuate homes as floods hit Victoria
Might give the agent a ring on Monday and see how my new house fared….
bluegreen said:
Residents are bracing themselves in the state’s northeast, with towns such as Benalla, Euroa and Violet Town activating their emergency plans.The Hume Hwy – the main route between Melbourne and Sydney – is covered in water in two sections and is expected to be closed at Violet Town and Euroa this afternoon.
from Army called in to help evacuate homes as floods hit Victoria
Might give the agent a ring on Monday and see how my new house fared….
“my new house”…. sounds promising. The day after we decided to buy this place, 4inches of rain fell, so we drove out here to see what the water was like. 2 days before settlement, TC Olga blew past and dropped a tree or three, and made a mess. It is so nervewracking when it isn’t yours…. yet.
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
Residents are bracing themselves in the state’s northeast, with towns such as Benalla, Euroa and Violet Town activating their emergency plans.The Hume Hwy – the main route between Melbourne and Sydney – is covered in water in two sections and is expected to be closed at Violet Town and Euroa this afternoon.
from Army called in to help evacuate homes as floods hit Victoria
Might give the agent a ring on Monday and see how my new house fared….
“my new house”…. sounds promising. The day after we decided to buy this place, 4inches of rain fell, so we drove out here to see what the water was like. 2 days before settlement, TC Olga blew past and dropped a tree or three, and made a mess. It is so nervewracking when it isn’t yours…. yet.
haven’t made an offer yet but it is still the most promising prospect for me.
Dinetta said:
Australia’s own pineapple
for a minute there I thought it was going to have been developed from a native plant. But it is just another (if superior) breed of the usual.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Australia’s own pineapple
still can’t beat the Sogeri Pineapples at Xmas time in PNG.
Although I loathe fresh pineapple, I can appreciate your enthusiasm for these Sogeri pineapples as part of Christmas…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Australia’s own pineapple
still can’t beat the Sogeri Pineapples at Xmas time in PNG.
Although I loathe fresh pineapple, I can appreciate your enthusiasm for these Sogeri pineapples as part of Christmas…
Orange pineapples they were… sooooo sweet that yellow flesh was not enough, they had to ooozzzzeee orangey goodness.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:still can’t beat the Sogeri Pineapples at Xmas time in PNG.
Although I loathe fresh pineapple, I can appreciate your enthusiasm for these Sogeri pineapples as part of Christmas…
Orange pineapples they were… sooooo sweet that yellow flesh was not enough, they had to ooozzzzeee orangey goodness.
Ok (yik, fresh pineapple…My mother and brother think fresh pineapple is lollies…)
For those pedants who like a good news story, here is a blunder from the PNG Post Courier.
pain master said:
For those pedants who like a good news story, here is a blunder from the PNG Post Courier.
oh deer! Oops, I mean dear! But perhaps this is just the local variation of English? Like, the yanks can’t spell or speak properly either!!
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
For those pedants who like a good news story, here is a blunder from the PNG Post Courier.
oh deer! Oops, I mean dear! But perhaps this is just the local variation of English? Like, the yanks can’t spell or speak properly either!!
Knowing the PNG media like I do, this was just another poor example of editing, either by the Author or the Editor. A case of where spell-checker hasn’t done its job either. How is this for a passage:
“All four a wheel chair ridden. Invalid they cannot be of help to one another in doing house choirs or helping out in the garden. But this four siblings have God to thank for their loving parents for putting up with them and still providing the basic things in life for them. This is an amazing story told by GORETHY KENNETH who visited the family on Buka island. REPORT PAGE 7“
This is the guess also that the Journo’s name could be “Dorethy” but in PNG, it could well be Gorethy.
Perhaps they’ve discovered Baileys ?
I’d assume with a surname like Kenneth, their Christian name would be Dorothy..
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
wow…… bit slack on their side.
Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
wow…… bit slack on their side.
Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
“testing a news clip on the fires in America“http://www.news.com.au/world/california-fire-death-toll-rises/story-e6frfkyi-1225917863517
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
“testing a news clip on the fires in America“http://www.news.com.au/world/california-fire-death-toll-rises/story-e6frfkyi-1225917863517
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy it worked…. first time I have done that:) Ssshhhh I copied what BG had put up…lol don’t tell her though;P
Lucky1 said:
Yes they do.. I think it was the BBC site I read about it.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:wow…… bit slack on their side.
Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:Yes they do.. I think it was the BBC site I read about it.
Happy Potter said:Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
Thanks HP
Lucky1 said:
“testing a news clip on the fires in America“http://www.news.com.au/world/california-fire-death-toll-rises/story-e6frfkyi-1225917863517
nasty :(
Lucky1 said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
“testing a news clip on the fires in America“http://www.news.com.au/world/california-fire-death-toll-rises/story-e6frfkyi-1225917863517
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy it worked…. first time I have done that:) Ssshhhh I copied what BG had put up…lol don’t tell her though;P
there is a colon missing between the 2nd quotes and the link
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:“testing a news clip on the fires in America“http://www.news.com.au/world/california-fire-death-toll-rises/story-e6frfkyi-1225917863517
nasty :(
Yes and there are some bad fires in Detroit too:( about 85 houses gone last time I heard about it. Mostly abandoned homes. That city is suffering badly with lack of work:(
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Lucky1 said:“testing a news clip on the fires in America“http://www.news.com.au/world/california-fire-death-toll-rises/story-e6frfkyi-1225917863517
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy it worked…. first time I have done that:) Ssshhhh I copied what BG had put up…lol don’t tell her though;P
there is a colon missing between the 2nd quotes and the link
pfft…. still worked…ROTFL…did notice that though.
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
Now longevity is one thing but 150years old is a bit over the top even for Japanese.
bluegreen said:
230,000 Japanese centenarians missing or dead
a case of “births, deaths and marriages” not doing their tasks?
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:wow…… bit slack on their side.
Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
I don’t think they do.
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Shoulda looked like this?
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
I don’t think they do.
I was actually whether it was linked to their ancestor worship, like to register their death was denying their continuing existence in the afterlife?
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:Yes they do.. I think it was the BBC site I read about it.
Happy Potter said:Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
I stand corrected…
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Happy Potter said:Or smart. Don’t tell the authorities that the olds have died and keep collecting their pensions..
do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
I don’t think they do.
There was something in the news months ago that their oldest man had been dead in his room for months but the family didn’t want to lose the title, so they just locked the door.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:Shoulda looked like this?
Gee who made you post police for the day??? ROTFPIMP
bubba louie said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
I don’t think they do.
There was something in the news months ago that their oldest man had been dead in his room for months but the family didn’t want to lose the title, so they just locked the door.
ewwwww….
bubba louie said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:do they have a pension system over there??? I was thinking the same thing, but then wondered if they did that or not.
I don’t think they do.
There was something in the news months ago that their oldest man had been dead in his room for months but the family didn’t want to lose the title, so they just locked the door.
OMG… that is so sad.
Lucky1 said:
bubba louie said:
pain master said:I don’t think they do.
There was something in the news months ago that their oldest man had been dead in his room for months but the family didn’t want to lose the title, so they just locked the door.
OMG… that is so sad.
Make that 30 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10809128
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
bubba louie said:There was something in the news months ago that their oldest man had been dead in his room for months but the family didn’t want to lose the title, so they just locked the door.
OMG… that is so sad.
Make that 30 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10809128
I find it unbelievable that someone wouldn’t notice that there were not 113 candles on this cake!!!
Morning glory could formation here again
No pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
Dinetta said:
Morning glory could formation here againNo pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
I just read about that too and searched for pics, but they are old ones. Yes it’s been a year!
Dinetta said:
Morning glory could formation here againNo pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
it really is an amazing sight, I would even go to Qld to see that!
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Morning glory could formation here againNo pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
it really is an amazing sight, I would even go to Qld to see that!
me too me too me too!
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Morning glory could formation here againNo pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
it really is an amazing sight, I would even go to Qld to see that!
me too me too me too!
I’ll think about whether we’d let you in or not. Something strange about my commanding mood today.
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:it really is an amazing sight, I would even go to Qld to see that!
me too me too me too!
I’ll think about whether we’d let you in or not. Something strange about my commanding mood today.
LOL. I’m good at hiding. I run fast too … hehe
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Morning glory could formation here againNo pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
it really is an amazing sight, I would even go to Qld to see that!
me too me too me too!
Well you’ve got 12 months to plan the trip lol!
Dinetta said:
Morning glory could formation here againNo pictures but I guess they’re still coming…has it really been a year since I posted the last news item about this?
would love to photograph one.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
In the UK
what’s in the UK Lucky?
Oh sorry…. a swan has killed 15 rival swans and then showed them to his family;(
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
In the UK
what’s in the UK Lucky?
Oh sorry…. a swan has killed 15 rival swans and then showed them to his family;(
The swan, dubbed Hannibal Peckter in a UK report, then escorts his wife and baby to view the bodies of his victims.
Locals are horrified by the deviant swan’s behaviour and the seeming pride he takes in each of his conquests.
Scientists, who believe the behaviour may be caused by increased pollution, are to remove the Swan for testing.
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:what’s in the UK Lucky?
Oh sorry…. a swan has killed 15 rival swans and then showed them to his family;(
The swan, dubbed Hannibal Peckter in a UK report, then escorts his wife and baby to view the bodies of his victims.
Locals are horrified by the deviant swan’s behaviour and the seeming pride he takes in each of his conquests.
Scientists, who believe the behaviour may be caused by increased pollution, are to remove the Swan for testing.
That’d be those white swans… wouldn’t catch any of our gorgeous Black Swans doing that!
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
In the UK
what’s in the UK Lucky?
British eccentricity…long may it live…
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Foreign ownership of our farms, water and wheat?
that is just wrong!
Go Bob Katter!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/21/3017257.htm?section=justin
bubba louie said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/21/3017257.htm?section=justin
WOW!
Bikini Race on Gold Coast called off
if I was the right age and the right figure and lived on the Gold Coast, I’d go in it for sure…an easy $10,000 just for winning a footrace…
Dinetta said:
For that amount I’d do it anyway. More bounce.
Bikini Race on Gold Coast called offif I was the right age and the right figure and lived on the Gold Coast, I’d go in it for sure…an easy $10,000 just for winning a footrace…
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:For that amount I’d do it anyway. More bounce.
Bikini Race on Gold Coast called offif I was the right age and the right figure and lived on the Gold Coast, I’d go in it for sure…an easy $10,000 just for winning a footrace…
more bounce for your buck 
Thee said:
more bounce for your buck
LOL You are terrible, TheE!
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:For that amount I’d do it anyway. More bounce.
Bikini Race on Gold Coast called offif I was the right age and the right figure and lived on the Gold Coast, I’d go in it for sure…an easy $10,000 just for winning a footrace…
it is tacky though….
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:For that amount I’d do it anyway. More bounce.
Bikini Race on Gold Coast called offif I was the right age and the right figure and lived on the Gold Coast, I’d go in it for sure…an easy $10,000 just for winning a footrace…
it is tacky though….
who for , not the boys lmao
Thee said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:For that amount I’d do it anyway. More bounce.it is tacky though….
who for , not the boys lmao
….. nor the men neither.
i saw a race for high-heeled shoed babes on the teev – talk about extreme sport – woow ! they wore dresses but the audience were waiting to hear the snapping of ankle bone i tell. so if these bikini babes have sneakers they are looking civilised imo.
pepe said:
Thee said:
bluegreen said:it is tacky though….
who for , not the boys lmao
….. nor the men neither.
i saw a race for high-heeled shoed babes on the teev – talk about extreme sport – woow ! they wore dresses but the audience were waiting to hear the snapping of ankle bone i tell. so if these bikini babes have sneakers they are looking civilised imo.
What about “The running of the brides” LOL
Dinetta said:
Bikini Race on Gold Coast called offif I was the right age and the right figure and lived on the Gold Coast, I’d go in it for sure…an easy $10,000 just for winning a footrace…
C’mon dinetta, shouldn’t a horse racing club and track be able to generate more interest by racing horses? Leave the Gold Coast Bikini racers for the sand…..
Dinetta said:
Don’t suppose they brought any card games with them?
Looks like my decision not to stay another night in Coffs Harbour was a good one ;)
Yeehah said:
Dinetta said:
Don’t suppose they brought any card games with them?
Looks like my decision not to stay another night in Coffs Harbour was a good one ;)
You’re still alive to tell us about it, not a road fatality statistic, so yes that’s a good thing…
And to think I worried about it happening to me
She’s in a critical condition after knocking over a wallaby, it makes me wonder what I’d be like if one of the big local roos took me on…
As if we didn’t know that already (caution the URL may change with time)…
If you’re bored, Bubba Louie, take a trip out here:
Dinetta said:
If you’re bored, Bubba Louie, take a trip out here:
A couple of Gympie bridges are under water ATM. Now we have traffic controllers on the only one left open. It’s chaos as usual. Why don’t main bridges get built higher.
Our local access to the Bruce Highway has a bridge that was raised a few years back. It wasn’t raised enough to escape floods though. Go figure!
Dinetta said:
If you’re bored, Bubba Louie, take a trip out here:
MrBL took the car. I’ve only got eldest son’s, and I hate driving it. I’m used to power stearing. :(
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
How some people spend their holidays
good idea :)
I have heard of some awesome volunteer type holidays.. I think the WA State Govt agency for conservation runs them, so you can go up north and do things like help count and tag turtles. They’re not cheap though, I think you’re volunteering your time but paying all the associated costs.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
If you’re bored, Bubba Louie, take a trip out here:A couple of Gympie bridges are under water ATM. Now we have traffic controllers on the only one left open. It’s chaos as usual. Why don’t main bridges get built higher.
Our local access to the Bruce Highway has a bridge that was raised a few years back. It wasn’t raised enough to escape floods though. Go figure!
I remember that bridge. :)
Dinetta said:
How some people spend their holidays
“2010’s tally stands at 20,641 captured toads”…. pity the buggers can lay that many eggs in one sitting.
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
How some people spend their holidays
good idea :)
I have heard of some awesome volunteer type holidays.. I think the WA State Govt agency for conservation runs them, so you can go up north and do things like help count and tag turtles. They’re not cheap though, I think you’re volunteering your time but paying all the associated costs.
A friend’s mother went on a dig to Uzbekistan.
bubba louie said:
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:good idea :)
I have heard of some awesome volunteer type holidays.. I think the WA State Govt agency for conservation runs them, so you can go up north and do things like help count and tag turtles. They’re not cheap though, I think you’re volunteering your time but paying all the associated costs.
A friend’s mother went on a dig to Uzbekistan.
Bit out of the way? No doubt she enjoyed herself…what were they digging?
Dinetta said:
bubba louie said:
bon008 said:I have heard of some awesome volunteer type holidays.. I think the WA State Govt agency for conservation runs them, so you can go up north and do things like help count and tag turtles. They’re not cheap though, I think you’re volunteering your time but paying all the associated costs.
A friend’s mother went on a dig to Uzbekistan.
Bit out of the way? No doubt she enjoyed herself…what were they digging?
I’m not really sure but they didn’t find much.
bubba louie said:
Dinetta said:
bubba louie said:A friend’s mother went on a dig to Uzbekistan.
Bit out of the way? No doubt she enjoyed herself…what were they digging?
I’m not really sure but they didn’t find much.
Sounds like a rip-off…
Dinetta said:
bubba louie said:
Dinetta said:Bit out of the way? No doubt she enjoyed herself…what were they digging?
I’m not really sure but they didn’t find much.
Sounds like a rip-off…
No, it was a legitamite archaeological dig but they only found charcoal layers from fires.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
If you’re bored, Bubba Louie, take a trip out here:A couple of Gympie bridges are under water ATM. Now we have traffic controllers on the only one left open. It’s chaos as usual. Why don’t main bridges get built higher.
Our local access to the Bruce Highway has a bridge that was raised a few years back. It wasn’t raised enough to escape floods though. Go figure!
I remember that bridge. :)
One of the “We’re sorry for what we put your community through” things they are doing for our town is to make a new road to our burg from the Bruce highway. Maybe this time we will get a bridge right. LOL.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
How some people spend their holidays
“2010’s tally stands at 20,641 captured toads”…. pity the buggers can lay that many eggs in one sitting.
And they do at least once a year.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:A couple of Gympie bridges are under water ATM. Now we have traffic controllers on the only one left open. It’s chaos as usual. Why don’t main bridges get built higher.
Our local access to the Bruce Highway has a bridge that was raised a few years back. It wasn’t raised enough to escape floods though. Go figure!
I remember that bridge. :)
One of the “We’re sorry for what we put your community through” things they are doing for our town is to make a new road to our burg from the Bruce highway. Maybe this time we will get a bridge right. LOL.
Many big waters!
Yeehah said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:I remember that bridge. :)
One of the “We’re sorry for what we put your community through” things they are doing for our town is to make a new road to our burg from the Bruce highway. Maybe this time we will get a bridge right. LOL.
Went to the gym this morning and whatever morning show was on the telly had the weather dude standing near the Wivenhoe Dam spillway.Many big waters!
yes I saw that, amazing hey !
Dinetta said:
bubba louie said:
Dinetta said:Bit out of the way? No doubt she enjoyed herself…what were they digging?
I’m not really sure but they didn’t find much.
Sounds like a rip-off…
Maybe not, if you like digging and travel :)
A nice story :)
bon008 said:
A nice story :)
Great read, but Lucy Williams is not impressed….
Ha! took me ages to find “In the news” :D
I don’t know if anyone here is as fascinated by bacteria, and particularly gut bacteria as I am – probably not – but I am find this article SO interesting:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/bacteria-r-us-23628/
:)
bon008 said:
Ha! took me ages to find “In the news” :DI don’t know if anyone here is as fascinated by bacteria, and particularly gut bacteria as I am – probably not – but I am find this article SO interesting:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/bacteria-r-us-23628/
:)
and people keep trying to kill them, to their detriment and that of the ecosystem.
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
Ha! took me ages to find “In the news” :DI don’t know if anyone here is as fascinated by bacteria, and particularly gut bacteria as I am – probably not – but I am find this article SO interesting:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/bacteria-r-us-23628/
:)
and people keep trying to kill them, to their detriment and that of the ecosystem.
I know!! The more I learn about bacteria, the more I am convinced that this anti-bacterial (soap, cleaners etc) trend going on in the world is complete, utter madness.
So many interesting things in this article – like, there are specialised, localised bacteria colonies adapted to living on the inside of your elbow, and the back of the knee :D
No anti bacterials, disinfectants in my neck of the scrub…not with the septic system…
bon008 said:
Ha! took me ages to find “In the news” :DI don’t know if anyone here is as fascinated by bacteria, and particularly gut bacteria as I am – probably not – but I am find this article SO interesting:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/bacteria-r-us-23628/
:)
too long but there’s a lot of interesting evolutionary, scif ? material in there. ta bon.
Woman shakes baby cos’ she’s playing Farmville
OMG this so sad…… I am hardly on facebook now.
Lucky1 said:
Woman shakes baby cos’ she’s playing FarmvilleOMG this so sad…… I am hardly on facebook now.
again, I am so glad I am not on facebook.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Woman shakes baby cos’ she’s playing FarmvilleOMG this so sad…… I am hardly on facebook now.
again, I am so glad I am not on facebook.
I don’t miss it BG…….-
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
again, I am so glad I am not on facebook.
I don’t miss it BG…….-
Lucky1 said:
Woman shakes baby cos’ she’s playing FarmvilleOMG this so sad…… I am hardly on facebook now.
Lucky she weren’t no mogul eh?
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Woman shakes baby cos’ she’s playing FarmvilleOMG this so sad…… I am hardly on facebook now.
Lucky she weren’t no mogul eh?
Oh I don’t know…. they shoot dogs that attack people….real shame.;P
In other news..
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/fewer-rainy-days-than-ever-before-for-perth-20101108-17kct.html
Fewer rainy days than ever before for Perth
Chalpat Sonti
November 9, 2010 – 6:24AM
Rain.
Perth is set to smash a 41-year weather mark, even as it basks in the warmest spring on record.
According to Bureau of Meteorology statistics, there have been 57 days this year in which rain has fallen, 26 fewer than the same time in 1969.
For the whole of that year there were 87 days where the rain fell, which until now is a record low.
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Barring a miracle, that record is set to be well and truly broken. On average, rain falls on 107.6 days a year.
The city is basking in the warmest spring to date on record, with a mean daily maximum temperature of 23.8 degrees.
The previous record to date, of 22.9 degrees, was set in 1914, and equalled in 1987.
Perth’s record warmest spring saw a mean daily maximum of 24 degrees, also in 1969, while the average maximum is 23 degrees.
8.4 earthquake in Japan, multiple tsunami waves :(
Dinetta said:
Bolt the Dolt gets his come-uppance
Bolt is an idiot, he should never have a tv show, and should be banned from all media :(
Does he really have a TV show?
trichome said:
Bolt is an idiot, … …
He can’t construct an argument, I trouble reading his articles in The Sunday Mail, but gave up when I realised (a) he was a shite-stirrer for the sake of it; and (b) there was no point to his articles…
Dinetta said:
Does he really have a TV show?
yeah, but i don’t know if it is still running on channel 10
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/09/bolts-report-worst-current-affairs-show-ever/
Dinetta said:
trichome said:Bolt is an idiot, … …
He can’t construct an argument, I trouble reading his articles in The Sunday Mail, but gave up when I realised (a) he was a shite-stirrer for the sake of it; and (b) there was no point to his articles…
he is absolutely hopeless
trichome said:
Dinetta said:
Does he really have a TV show?
yeah, but i don’t know if it is still running on channel 10
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/09/bolts-report-worst-current-affairs-show-ever/
You have to log in to read it…can you copy and paste the article to here, please?
Dinetta said:
trichome said:
Dinetta said:
Does he really have a TV show?
yeah, but i don’t know if it is still running on channel 10
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/09/bolts-report-worst-current-affairs-show-ever/no login needed to read the bit on that page, i don’t have a log in for crickey
You have to log in to read it…can you copy and paste the article to here, please?
trichome said:
Dinetta said:
trichome said:yeah, but i don’t know if it is still running on channel 10
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/09/bolts-report-worst-current-affairs-show-ever/no login needed to read the bit on that page, i don’t have a log in for crickey
You have to log in to read it…can you copy and paste the article to here, please?
I didn’t have to log in
bluegreen said:
trichome said:
Dinetta said:You have to log in to read it…can you copy and paste the article to here, please?
no login needed to read the bit on that page, i don’t have a log in for crickeyI didn’t have to log in
I managed to read it the second time around…not sure what happened with the first attempt…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
trichome said:no login needed to read the bit on that page, i don’t have a log in for crickey
I didn’t have to log in
I managed to read it the second time around…not sure what happened with the first attempt…
The only Bolt I know is that fast sprinter from Jamaica… well I don’t know him but I have seen his name and face on the tele… I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a program on channel 10 so I am safe to say I have no idea who youse is talking about!
painmaster said:
The only Bolt I know is that fast sprinter from Jamaica… well I don’t know him but I have seen his name and face on the tele… I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a program on channel 10 so I am safe to say I have no idea who youse is talking about!
Obviously current affairs ain’t your thing, but this Andrew Dolt is in your face…
Dinetta said:
painmaster said:The only Bolt I know is that fast sprinter from Jamaica… well I don’t know him but I have seen his name and face on the tele… I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a program on channel 10 so I am safe to say I have no idea who youse is talking about!
Obviously current affairs ain’t your thing, but this Andrew Dolt is in your face…
know of no-one by that name….
painmaster said:
Dinetta said:
painmaster said:The only Bolt I know is that fast sprinter from Jamaica… well I don’t know him but I have seen his name and face on the tele… I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a program on channel 10 so I am safe to say I have no idea who youse is talking about!
Obviously current affairs ain’t your thing, but this Andrew Dolt is in your face…
know of no-one by that name….
click this link and he will be in your face, (if you use likification add on in firefox the url will be active)
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/04/02/2276339/bolt_al1-200×0.jpg
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/04/02/2276339/bolt_al1-200×0.jpg
trichome said:
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/04/02/2276339/bolt_al1-200×0.jpg
something wrong at the age web site
trichome said:
trichome said:
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/04/02/2276339/bolt_al1-200×0.jpg
something wrong at the age web site
now it works :)
painmaster said:
… … this Andrew Dolt is in your face…
know of no-one by that name….
You’re not missing much…
on the news tonight – the owner of a private zoo in the US released all of his animals and then committed suicide. The animals had to be killed for public safety as many were dangerous. The count included 18 rare Bengal Tigers :(
bluegreen said:
on the news tonight – the owner of a private zoo in the US released all of his animals and then committed suicide. The animals had to be killed for public safety as many were dangerous. The count included 18 rare Bengal Tigers :(
how horrible :(
painmaster said:
bluegreen said:
on the news tonight – the owner of a private zoo in the US released all of his animals and then committed suicide. The animals had to be killed for public safety as many were dangerous. The count included 18 rare Bengal Tigers :(how horrible :(
To let someone of unsound mind keep those animals.. the outcome could have been a lot worse.
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:
bluegreen said:
on the news tonight – the owner of a private zoo in the US released all of his animals and then committed suicide. The animals had to be killed for public safety as many were dangerous. The count included 18 rare Bengal Tigers :(how horrible :(
To let someone of unsound mind keep those animals.. the outcome could have been a lot worse.
where does it say he was of unsound mind?
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:
bluegreen said:
on the news tonight – the owner of a private zoo in the US released all of his animals and then committed suicide. The animals had to be killed for public safety as many were dangerous. The count included 18 rare Bengal Tigers :(how horrible :(
To let someone of unsound mind keep those animals.. the outcome could have been a lot worse.
It would appear to me that if you have money, the only people that think you don’t have a sound mind are those who manage to take it from you.
painmaster said:
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:how horrible :(
To let someone of unsound mind keep those animals.. the outcome could have been a lot worse.
where does it say he was of unsound mind?
suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
painmaster said:
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:how horrible :(
To let someone of unsound mind keep those animals.. the outcome could have been a lot worse.
where does it say he was of unsound mind?
He had priors of letting the animals free and firearm offences, whatever they are.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
Happy Potter said:To let someone of unsound mind keep those animals.. the outcome could have been a lot worse.
where does it say he was of unsound mind?
suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:where does it say he was of unsound mind?
suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
Agreed.
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
Agreed.
it does seem a case that fits well into the “only in the US” folder.
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:where does it say he was of unsound mind?
suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
You are a level headed person. This is true.
painmaster said:
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
Agreed.
it does seem a case that fits well into the “only in the US” folder.
Which is why we call them seppos.. because the rhyming slang fits.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
Happy Potter said:Agreed.
it does seem a case that fits well into the “only in the US” folder.
Which is why we call them seppos.. because the rhyming slang fits.
please explain ‘seppos’ lol I hear it quite a bit..
Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:it does seem a case that fits well into the “only in the US” folder.
Which is why we call them seppos.. because the rhyming slang fits.
please explain ‘seppos’ lol I hear it quite a bit..
Rhyming slang for Yank = septic tank
shortened to seppo’sroughbarked said:
Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:Which is why we call them seppos.. because the rhyming slang fits.
please explain ‘seppos’ lol I hear it quite a bit..
Rhyming slang for Yank = septic tank
shortened to seppo’s
Arrhh yep. I knew septic tank..
it seems the laws are lax in that state. If they had better laws to start with then he wouldn’t have managed to get to that situation.
seppo = septic tank = yank
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:where does it say he was of unsound mind?
suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
There were previous complaints that the animals were mistreated.
bubba louie said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:suicide and setting the animals free in the wrong place.. Seems an indication.
so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
There were previous complaints that the animals were mistreated.
They could not have been more mistreated than the eventual result.
Best case scenario would have been to have swooped and impounded then relocated to natural habitat, thence presenting him with the bill, which probably would not have prevented his suicide but at least would have offered the animals a better chance.
roughbarked said:
bubba louie said:
painmaster said:so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
There were previous complaints that the animals were mistreated.
They could not have been more mistreated than the eventual result.
Best case scenario would have been to have swooped and impounded then relocated to natural habitat, thence presenting him with the bill, which probably would not have prevented his suicide but at least would have offered the animals a better chance.
yup, I mean who really should the govt have a duty of care over?
roughbarked said:
bubba louie said:
painmaster said:so the decision by a US court telling him that he had 2 weeks to cull or relocate his collection which had been a passion of a lifetime, was fair? This seems to me to be a trigger which perhaps could have been avoided???
Hey I don’t pretend to know the full story, and I don’t forgive too many people who commit suicide, but we can’t blame the actions of one man over the death of these precious animals.
There were previous complaints that the animals were mistreated.
They could not have been more mistreated than the eventual result.
Best case scenario would have been to have swooped and impounded then relocated to natural habitat, thence presenting him with the bill, which probably would not have prevented his suicide but at least would have offered the animals a better chance.
Sad thing all round.
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
bubba louie said:There were previous complaints that the animals were mistreated.
They could not have been more mistreated than the eventual result.
Best case scenario would have been to have swooped and impounded then relocated to natural habitat, thence presenting him with the bill, which probably would not have prevented his suicide but at least would have offered the animals a better chance.yup, I mean who really should the govt have a duty of care over?
Ultimately, all responsibility should fall on the perpertrator., if we can get them to pay.. An example few may realise, is that when you go to register your car in NSW, and require a greenslip. Just one speeding offence within the previous three years, will pump the price for renewal of the CTP slip by almost double.
Why did they shoot all the animals. Haven’t they ever heard of dart guns?
pomolo said:
Why did they shoot all the animals. Haven’t they ever heard of dart guns?
they couldn’t afford to wait for the guys with the tranquiliser guns due to the danger to the population so the police were under orders to shoot to kill in the meanwhile.
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
Why did they shoot all the animals. Haven’t they ever heard of dart guns?
they couldn’t afford to wait for the guys with the tranquiliser guns due to the danger to the population so the police were under orders to shoot to kill in the meanwhile.
I did read one article where they claimed to have shot a darted tiger because it was about to escape into the woods and they weren’t sure if the dart had hit it.
bluegreen said:
Connie Laurie, 85, hauls in a 385kg black marlin off Cooktown, north of CairnsGo Granny!
Saw that on the news tonight.
bluegreen said:
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 years
The may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 yearsThe may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
You and I only have the rest of our lives to watch what unfolds. Our childrens childrens children.. may have a different perspective.
roughbarked said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 yearsThe may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
You and I only have the rest of our lives to watch what unfolds. Our childrens childrens children.. may have a different perspective.
I’d just like to think that our childrens children children have a world to live in.
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 yearsThe may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
the problem I have with scientists is they act like they know everything when they don’t.
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 yearsThe may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
the problem I have with scientists is they act like they know everything when they don’t.
climate modelling is in the same sphere as
economic modelling..
what is the base figure.. when?
roughbarked said:
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:The may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
the problem I have with scientists is they act like they know everything when they don’t.
climate modelling is in the same sphere as
economic modelling.. what is the base figure.. when?
there is always a basic assumption that is taken as fact because it fits their theory, but just because a lot of people believe something, doesn’t necessarily make it true, and vice versa.
Expansion Tectonics Explained is another interesting read if you feel inclined, on an alternate to the drifting tectonic plate theory. It’s doesn’t start on the premise that the earth’s radius is fixed and therefore creates a new and challenging model.
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:and therefore creates a new and challenging model.
bluegreen said:the problem I have with scientists is they act like they know everything when they don’t.
climate modelling is in the same sphere as
economic modelling.. what is the base figure.. when?
learning is a progression.
roughbarked said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:and therefore creates a new and challenging model.climate modelling is in the same sphere as
economic modelling.. what is the base figure.. when?
learning is a progression.
and depends on our ability to observe and measure.
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
bluegreen said:and therefore creates a new and challenging model.learning is a progression.
and depends on our ability to observe and measure.
Cheese, all the way up that ladder? ;)
roughbarked said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:learning is a progression.
and depends on our ability to observe and measure.
Cheese, all the way up that ladder? ;)
I’m thinking.. I have no proof.. but then at least I have photographs of some of it.
roughbarked said:
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 yearsThe may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
You and I only have the rest of our lives to watch what unfolds. Our childrens childrens children.. may have a different perspective.
Cough Daily mail? cough
bon008 said:
roughbarked said:
pomolo said:The may not be what I expected but I was a bit dubiois about global warming.
You and I only have the rest of our lives to watch what unfolds. Our childrens childrens children.. may have a different perspective.
Cough Daily mail? cough
where else would you expect to see non-mainstream news? Really, the time span is way too short for any real scientific analysis to be made. But then again so is the mainstream’s view time span, if a bit longer. Time will tell who will be eating their words.
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
roughbarked said:You and I only have the rest of our lives to watch what unfolds. Our childrens childrens children.. may have a different perspective.
Cough Daily mail? cough
where else would you expect to see non-mainstream news? Really, the time span is way too short for any real scientific analysis to be made. But then again so is the mainstream’s view time span, if a bit longer. Time will tell who will be eating their words.
I certainly agree that conventional media has a strong bias against any news/event which necessarily involves a long time span, and a bias in favour of the immediate/quick/sudden. I include the Daily Mail as conventional media in that context, though.
But I would never go to the Daily Mail as a source of anything accurate or peer reviewed, personally :) Part of that is my own bias – the chap who sits next to me at work has a “Hated by the Daily Mail” badge proudly displayed, and has to repress a shudder if I accidentally send him a DM link. It has rubbed off a bit!
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:Cough Daily mail? cough
where else would you expect to see non-mainstream news? Really, the time span is way too short for any real scientific analysis to be made. But then again so is the mainstream’s view time span, if a bit longer. Time will tell who will be eating their words.
I certainly agree that conventional media has a strong bias against any news/event which necessarily involves a long time span, and a bias in favour of the immediate/quick/sudden. I include the Daily Mail as conventional media in that context, though.
But I would never go to the Daily Mail as a source of anything accurate or peer reviewed, personally :) Part of that is my own bias – the chap who sits next to me at work has a “Hated by the Daily Mail” badge proudly displayed, and has to repress a shudder if I accidentally send him a DM link. It has rubbed off a bit!
lol! I take anything I read in any newspaper with a pinch of salt. They are all trying to push an agenda of sorts and will take an innocent comment and make it headline news! I am not sure I like the peer review process either. It seems to me that a whole lot of like minded people who have been given much the same education will support anyone in the majority view and gang up on someone who dares to think differently, but that’s just my opinion.
bluegreen said:
lol! I take anything I read in any newspaper with a pinch of salt. They are all trying to push an agenda of sorts and will take an innocent comment and make it headline news! I am not sure I like the peer review process either. It seems to me that a whole lot of like minded people who have been given much the same education will support anyone in the majority view and gang up on someone who dares to think differently, but that’s just my opinion.
I respectfully disagree. I think scientific education isn’t about learning “this is how things work”, but “this is how to run experiments to find out how things work”, so I have confidence, personally, that (by and large) the process does what it’s supposed to do, without any overwhelming bias from things like political opinion and so forth.
Having said that, I do think some particular aspects of particular industries are worrisome. I think medicine may have gone too far down the path of breaking the human body and its problems down into narrower and narrower areas of focus, and has lost of lot of opportunity by disregarding a more holistic attitude. Wait, that’s not quite worded properly. I think medicine needs to do both. I think the narrow focus will yield excellent results sometimes, but I think at other times it misses something important.
I think the precautionary principle has been chucked out the window when it comes to regulating new uses of chemicals, particularly in consumer products, which terrifies me. Particularly in combination with the “narrowing” effect (e.g. new crops/pesticides etc being tested in a simplified lab environment, which doesn’t contain the massive combination of organisms etc found in the real world).
But I should reeeeeeaallly be working.. :)
I’m glad everybody has different view points though, we’d never get anywhere otherwise.
this was on the news tonight
Gees.. should my life ever get so busy that I need to buy ready boiled eggs on the go, I’ll stop completely.
bump
Climate change has been in the news again lately. I still maintain Mother Nature can dish it out worse than anything Man can do, but Man has done significant damage already.
This should go in the In the News thread but I don’t have it saved on this computer.
+++++++++++++
Thanks BlueGreen
Dinetta said:
Like they can’t look out their windows / windscreen and read the road signs?
Shouldn’t have to. You pay enough to get the information.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Like they can’t look out their windows / windscreen and read the road signs?
Shouldn’t have to. You pay enough to get the information.
We had a librarian, complete with degree and post grad qualifications, turn up at our library in town (we were the Regional Headquarters for out here), insisting that she was “lost”. These towns don’t put up the “to” directions until they’re more or less down the road, so she was going to Moranbah but there was no “Moranbah” sign in our town. We had to “lend” her one of the assistants to go to Moranbah, and back again. It says quite clearly on any paper road map, how to get from Emerald to Moranbah (you go up through Capella and Clermont), but she would not have a bar of this and insisted that she might end up “lost”… on a designated, two-lane fully-sealed highway???
I got a letter from my insurers, too, saying they could not find my street on any references so I have to pay full flood insurance like the rest of town…They could not ask the Council for town maps???? I haven’t told them yet that if I get flooded there, the town water tower will be “under” as well… I need to ask them their definition of “flood”…
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Like they can’t look out their windows / windscreen and read the road signs?
Shouldn’t have to. You pay enough to get the information.
We had a librarian, complete with degree and post grad qualifications, turn up at our library in town (we were the Regional Headquarters for out here), insisting that she was “lost”. These towns don’t put up the “to” directions until they’re more or less down the road, so she was going to Moranbah but there was no “Moranbah” sign in our town. We had to “lend” her one of the assistants to go to Moranbah, and back again. It says quite clearly on any paper road map, how to get from Emerald to Moranbah (you go up through Capella and Clermont), but she would not have a bar of this and insisted that she might end up “lost”… on a designated, two-lane fully-sealed highway???
I got a letter from my insurers, too, saying they could not find my street on any references so I have to pay full flood insurance like the rest of town…They could not ask the Council for town maps???? I haven’t told them yet that if I get flooded there, the town water tower will be “under” as well… I need to ask them their definition of “flood”…
When we were building this house the insurance company knocked back our loan application because we weren’t building high enough off the ground in a flood prone zone.. I said the same. That our shire council had approved our DA because we lived at least five metres above everyone else in the zone.
Then again if you visit say, the city of Dubbo then you are informed that you are within the city of Dubbo approx 60 km before you get anywhere near a built up area.roughbarked said:
When we were building this house the insurance company knocked back our loan application because we weren’t building high enough off the ground in a flood prone zone.. I said the same. That our shire council had approved our DA because we lived at least five metres above everyone else in the zone.
Then again if you visit say, the city of Dubbo then you are informed that you are within the city of Dubbo approx 60 km before you get anywhere near a built up area.
I was sound asleep on a bus last (and first) time I ever went through Dubbo…Christmas 1981…so I missed that sign :P lol
Sometimes I think Insurance folk ought to get out and about more, and rely on local information more, rather than what they can find on the internet. We have a collection of about $20,000 worth of maps in P’s business, most of which are out of date in town planning terms, but still reliable when it comes to flood plain information and such.
As an aside (on the local info thing), there was a road bridge being raised just north of Rockhampton, quite some years ago. The Govt said raise it this high, the locals got hold of the engineer and said “that high”. The Engineer successfully submitted plans based on the locals info and that bridge did not flood…not even during the worst of it when water was backing up almost out of the shire boundary…when we drove over it, there was the most marvellous “wetland” under that bridge, but I digress (it was over swampy country)…
How dopey!
(sowwy)
ROFL
“Freely reproducible seeds should be a human right, they are part of our heritage.”
bluegreen said:
“Freely reproducible seeds should be a human right, they are part of our heritage.”
Do I detect the greedy piggy tentacles of Monsanto?
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
“Freely reproducible seeds should be a human right, they are part of our heritage.”Do I detect the greedy piggy tentacles of Monsanto?
Or someone similar. It is certainly an infringement on the “Global Commons”.
bluegreen said:
“Freely reproducible seeds should be a human right, they are part of our heritage.”
This was always coming since plant breeders rights were introduced. Of course the problem often is that plant breeders have no rights because they are simply using an old cultivar that’s been forgotten about often as not.
bluegreen said:
“Freely reproducible seeds should be a human right, they are part of our heritage.”
That is totally insane :-(
Around Pomolo’s way…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-12/mary-valley-strategy-hatches-plans-for-7m-poultry-farm/4953368?section=qld
Should copy and paste OK…
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